Performance of the verigene gram-positive blood culture assay for direct detection of gram-positive organisms and resistance markers in a pediatric hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 283-287

  Mestas, Javier ^a   Polanco, Claudia M ^a   Felsenstein, Susanna ^b   Bard, Jennifer Dien ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURNAROUND TIME; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERIGENE GRAM POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84891519991     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02322-13     Document Type: Article

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