Controlled comparison of bioMérieux VITAL and BACTEC NR-660 systems for detection of bacteremia and fungemia in pediatric patients.

The bioMérieux VITAL automated blood culture system measures a decrease in fluorescence to detect the presence of microorganisms in blood. To assess the performance of VITAL with AER aerobic medium versus that of the nonradiometric BACTEC NR-660 PEDS PLUS medium for the detection of sepsis in childr...

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Published in:	J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors:	Zaidi, A K, Mirrett, S, McDonald, J C, Rubin, E E, McDonald, L C, Weinstein, M P, Gupta, M, Reller, L B
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1997
Subjects:	Research Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC229892/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9230371/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.35.8.2007-2012.1997
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