Delayed insertion of blood culture bottles into automated continuously monitoring blood culture systems increases the time from blood sample collection to the detection of microorganisms in bacteremic patients

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Saito, Takashi ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^a   Takakura, Shunji ^a   Nagao, Miki ^a   Matsushima, Aki ^a   Shirano, Michinori ^a   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Detection time

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANDIDA; CITROBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM; FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORGANELLA; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PEDIOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA LOESCHEII; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 62449323045     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0664-6     Document Type: Article

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