Clinical impact of preincubation of blood cultures at 37°C

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 275-280

  Van Der Velden, Lieven B ^a   Vos, Fidel J ^a   Mouton, Johan W ^a   Sturm, Patrick D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM STAINING; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650903520     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00552-10     Document Type: Article

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