Contaminants in blood cultures: importance, implications, interpretation and prevention.

Dargère, S; Cormier, H; Verdon, R

Dargère, S; Cormier, H; Verdon, R.

Affiliation

Dargère S; CHU de Caen, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Caen, France. Electronic address: dargere-s@chu-caen.fr.
Cormier H; CHU de Caen, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Caen, France.
Verdon R; CHU de Caen, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Caen, France; Normandie University, UNICAEN, UNIROUEN, GRAM, Caen, France.

Clin Microbiol Infect ; 24(9): 964-969, 2018 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29621616

Subject(s)

Bacteriological Techniques/standards; Blood Culture/standards; Clinical Laboratory Services/standards; Health Personnel/education; Humans

Key words

Blood culture contaminations; Blood cultures; Coagulase-negative staphylococci; Contaminants; Prevention

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bacteriological Techniques / Blood Culture Type of study: Guideline Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect Year: 2018 Document type: Article

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