Failure of Burkholderia pseudomallei to Grow in an Automated Blood Culture System.
We compared the organisms isolated from 30,210 pairs of blood culture bottles by using BacT/Alert system and the conventional system. Overall, 2,575 (8.5%) specimens were culture positive for pathogenic organisms. The sensitivity for detection of pathogenic organisms with the BACT/Alert system (85.6...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2014
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