Serial testing from a 3-day collection period by use of the Bartonella Alphaproteobacteria growth medium platform may enhance the sensitivity of Bartonella species detection in bacteremic human patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1673-1677

  Pultorak, Elizabeth L ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Mascarelli, Patricia E ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA GROWTH MEDIUM; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA KOEHLERAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BARTONELLA;

EID: 84878511967     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00123-13     Document Type: Article

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