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Comparative Study
. 2003 Mar;41(3):1266-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1266-1269.2003.

Conventional and molecular methods for verification of results obtained with BacT/Alert Nonvent blood culture bottles

Elizabeth M Marlowe  1 , Linda Gibson, James Hogan, Shannon Kaplan, David A Bruckner
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Comparative Study

Conventional and molecular methods for verification of results obtained with BacT/Alert Nonvent blood culture bottles

Elizabeth M Marlowe et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

A strategy comparing molecular and conventional methods for verification of the BacT/Alert nonvent blood culture bottles (Organon Teknika, Durham, N.C.) was performed with seeded isolates. The bottles were evaluated with 12 common organisms from bloodstream infections. Overall, the bottles were equivalent as determined by conventional and molecular methods.

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