Characteristics of False-Positive Alarms in the BacT/Alert 3D System

ABSTRACT The BacT/Alert system has been used for detecting the presence of bacteria in various clinical settings as well as in blood services, but it is associated with a relatively high incidence of false-positive results. We analyzed the results of our quality control sterility testing of blood pr...

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Main Authors: Misato Amano, Mami Matsumoto, Shigeru Sano, Mayumi Oyama, Hideto Nagumo, Naoko Watanabe-Okochi, Nelson H. Tsuno, Kazunori Nakajima, Kazuo Muroi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00055-22