Impact of monitoring blood volume in the BD BACTEC™ FX blood culture system: Virtual volume versus actual volume

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 89-93

  Chang, Jeonghyun ^a   Park, Jeong Su ^a   Park, Sookja ^a   Choi, Byeonghoo ^a   Yoon, Nam Seop ^a   Sung, Heungsup ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aerobic bottle; Anaerobic bottle; Blood culture; Blood volume; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL VOLUME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRTUAL VOLUME; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922282590     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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