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

• Main Authors: van Zyl Danie G (Author), Matthews Marliza (Author), Lindeque Kathy (Author), Nkosi Deliwe (Author), Ismail Nazir A (Author), Dreyer Andries W (Author), Hoosen Anwar A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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> <...