An Assessment of the Anaerobic Vial of Paired NR 6A and NR 7N Bactec Blood Cultures

Kevin R Forward; Elizabeth Kerr; Maurice Dalton

doi:10.1155/1994/612515

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1994)

An Assessment of the Anaerobic Vial of Paired NR 6A and NR 7N Bactec Blood Cultures

Kevin R Forward,
Elizabeth Kerr,
Maurice Dalton

Affiliations

Kevin R Forward: Department of Microbiology, Victoria General Hospital, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elizabeth Kerr: Department of Microbiology, Victoria General Hospital, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Maurice Dalton: Department of Microbiology, Victoria General Hospital, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1994/612515
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 37 – 40

Abstract

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Objective: To determine the number of obligate anaerobes recovered in anaerobic blood culture vials and to determine if their recovery had a significant impact on patient care.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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