Clinical relevance of time-to-positivity in BACTEC9240 blood culture system

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-283

  Park, Sang Hyuk ^a   Shim, Hyoeun ^a   Yoon, Nam Seop ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Differential time to positivity; Time to positivity

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TIME;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955503426     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.3.276     Document Type: Article

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