| Literature DB >> 8345167 |
S Smith-Elekes1, M P Weinstein.
Abstract
Bacteremia and fungemia are encountered commonly and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Laboratory detection is therefore of paramount importance. Principles of successful blood culturing, clinically important technical issues, manual and automated detection systems, and interpretation of culture results are reviewed in this article.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8345167
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Dis Clin North Am ISSN: 0891-5520 Impact factor: 5.982