Comparison of ‘time to detection’ values between BacT/ALERT VIRTUO and BacT/ALERT 3D instruments for clinical blood culture samples

Objectives: The early detection of bacteraemia and fungemia is of paramount importance to guide antimicrobial therapy in septic patients. In this study the ‘time to detection’ (TTD) value for the new blood culture system BacT/ALERT VIRTUO (VIRTUO) was evaluated in 1462 positive clinical bottles and...

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Principais autores:	Francesco Congestrì, Maria Federica Pedna, Michela Fantini, Michela Samuelli, Pasqua Schiavone, Arianna Torri, Stefania Bertini, Vittorio Sambri
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:	International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Assuntos:	Bacteraemia Sepsis Blood culture systems Microorganisms causing sepsis Time to detection Early sepsis detection VIRTUO system BacT/ALERT 3D system
Acceso en liña:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971217301662
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