Comparison of the VersaTREK blood culture system against the Bactec9240 system in patients with suspected bloodstream infections

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To evaluate the VersaTREK (TREK Diagnostic Systems, Cleveland, Ohio) blood culture system against the Bactec9240 (BD Microbiology, Cockeysville, MD), for the recovery of bloodstream pathogens.</p> <p>Methods</p> <...

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Main Authors: van Zyl Danie G, Matthews Marliza, Lindeque Kathy, Nkosi Deliwe, Ismail Nazir A, Dreyer Andries W, Hoosen Anwar A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Online Access:http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/10/1/4