FilmArray: Correction of previously false-positive results by improved software

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 750-

  Altun, Osman ^a   Özenci, Volkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FILMARRAY BLOOD CULTURE IDENTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE COST; LETTER; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; SOFTWARE;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SEPSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84921757117     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02508-14     Document Type: Letter

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