Controlled evaluation of the new BacT/alert virtuo blood culture system for detection and time to detection of bacteria and yeasts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1148-1151

  Altun, Osman ^a,b   Almuhayawi, Mohammed ^a,c   Lüthje, Petra ^a   Taha, Rubina ^a   Ullberg, Mans ^a   Özenci, Volkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE APPROVAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL DETECTION; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERMOSTABILITY; TIME TO DETECTION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; EVALUATION STUDY; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTOR; YEAST;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD CULTURE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YEASTS;

EID: 84962526170     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03362-15     Document Type: Article

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