Comparison of BD bactec plus blood culture media to versaTREK redox blood culture media for detection of bacterial pathogens in simulated adult blood cultures containing therapeutic concentrations of antibiotics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1624-1627

  Miller, Nancy S ^a,b   Rogan, Dagmar ^a   Orr, Beverley L ^a   Whitney, Dana ^a  

^a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine1 ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953868865     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01958-10     Document Type: Article

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