How quickly can conventional organism identification deliver reports for positive blood cultures in real life?

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2016 Apr;49(2):311-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.11.010. Epub 2014 Feb 21.

Authors

Pak-Leung Ho¹, Pierra Y Law², Ka-Ying Ng², Mei-Kum Yan², Vincent C C Cheng²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Electronic address: plho@hkucc.hku.hk.
² Department of Microbiology and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

PMID: 24560696
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.11.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Blood Culture / methods*
Humans
Middle Aged
Sepsis / diagnosis*
Time Factors
Yeasts / isolation & purification*
Young Adult