Evaluation of BACTEC Plus aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles and BacT/Alert FAN aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles for the detection of bacteremia in ICU patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-242

  Roh, Kyoung Ho ^a   Kim, Ju Yeon ^a   Kim, Ha Nui ^a   Lee, Hye Jin ^a   Sohn, Jang Wook ^a   Kim, Min Ja ^a   Cho, Yunjung ^a   Kim, Young Kee ^a   Lee, Chang Kyu ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BacT Alert; BACTEC; Blood culture; Culture bottle; Evaluation; Time to detection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHARCOAL; RESIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AEROBIC BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLE; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE POSITIVITY RATE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOVERY TIME; SOUTH KOREA; TIME TO DETECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862177850     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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