Clinical impact of reducing routine blood culture incubation time from 7 to 5 days

Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 636-639

  Marginson, Michael J ^a   Daveson, Kathryn L ^a,b   Kennedy, Karina J ^a,b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

BACTEC; Bacteraemia; Blood culture; Fungaemia; Incubation duration

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

BACTERIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODS; MICROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964270859     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0000000000000167     Document Type: Article

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