A simple blood-culture bacterial pellet preparation for faster accurate direct bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing with the VITEK 2 system

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART5, 2013, Pages 773-777

  Greub, Gilbert ^a   Prod'hom, Guy ^a   Durussel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS;

EID: 84876562943     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.049361-0     Document Type: Article

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