Validation of blood culture gram staining for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus by the ‘oozing sign’ surrounding clustered gram-positive cocci: a prospective observational study

Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is a common and significant infection, associated with high rates of mortality. Therefore, early identification is important for the initiation of appropriate treatment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of blood culture Gr...

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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Yoshiro Hadano, Miwako Isoda, Kazushige Ishibashi, Tatsuyuki Kakuma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-09-01
Subjects:	Staphylococcus aureus Gram staining ‘Oozing’ BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3412-2