Changes in blood culture methodology have an impact on time trends of bacteraemia: A 26-year regional study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 772-776

  Sogaard M ^a,b   Engebjerg, M C ^b   Lundbye Christensen, S ^a   Schonheyder H C ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; blood culture; epidemiology; fungaemia; modelling; time trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TIME;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957681746     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000169X     Document Type: Article

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