Preparation of a blood culture pellet for rapid bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 92, 2014, Pages

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

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility testing; Bacteriology; Blood culture; Identification; Immunology; Issue 92; MALDI TOF MS

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84908354776     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51985     Document Type: Article

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