Blood Specimen Collection

Virology
Evaluation of Effect of Specimen-Handling Parameters for Plasma Preparation Tubes on Viral Load Measurements Obtained by Using the Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Load Assay
Helen Fernandes, Svetlana Morosyuk, Klara Abravaya, Madhuri Ramanathan, Lynne Rainen
Bacteriology
Discarding the Initial Aliquot of Blood Does Not Reduce Contamination Rates in Intravenous-Catheter-Drawn Blood Cultures
Sukrut Dwivedi, Rohit Bhalla, Donald R. Hoover, Melvin P. Weinstein
Bacteriology
Impact of Blood Cultures Drawn by Phlebotomy on Contamination Rates and Health Care Costs in a Hospital Emergency Department
Rita M. Gander, Linda Byrd, Michael DeCrescenzo, Shaina Hirany, Michelle Bowen, Judy Baughman
ERRATA
Timing of Specimen Collection for Blood Cultures from Febrile Patients with Bacteremia
Stefan Riedel, Paul Bourbeau, Brandi Swartz, Steven Brecher, Karen C. Carroll, Paul D. Stamper, W. Michael Dunne, Timothy McCardle, Nathan Walk, Kristin Fiebelkorn, David Sewell, Sandra S. Richter, Susan Beekmann, Gary V. Doern
Virology
Dried-Blood Sampling for Epstein-Barr Virus Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA Serology in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Screening
J. Fachiroh, P. R. Prasetyanti, D. K. Paramita, A. T. Prasetyawati, D. W. Anggrahini, S. M. Haryana, J. M. Middeldorp
Bacteriology
Timing of Specimen Collection for Blood Cultures from Febrile Patients with Bacteremia
Stefan Riedel, Paul Bourbeau, Brandi Swartz, Steven Brecher, Karen C. Carroll, Paul D. Stamper, W. Michael Dunne, Timothy McCardle, Nathan Walk, Kristin Fiebelkorn, David Sewell, Sandra S. Richter, Susan Beekmann, Gary V. Doern
Virology
Comparison of Results Obtained with Amplicor HIV-1 DNA PCR Test Version 1.5 Using 100 versus 500 Microliters of Whole Blood
Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Lebah Lugalia, Bosco Kafufu, J. Brooks Jackson
Virology
Evaluation of Different Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA PCR Protocols for Analysis of Dried Blood Spots from Consecutive Cases of Neonates with Congenital CMV Infections
Oriane Soetens, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous, Ina Foulon, Pascal Dubreuil, Ben De Saeger, Liliane Grangeot-Keros, Anne Naessens
Virology
Use of Capillary Blood Samples as a New Approach for Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infection
Séverine Matheus, Jean-Baptiste Meynard, Vincent Lacoste, Jacques Morvan, Xavier Deparis
Virology
Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Drug Resistance Testing
Amanda McNulty, Cheryl Jennings, Diane Bennett, Joseph Fitzgibbon, James W. Bremer, Michael Ussery, Marcia L. Kalish, Walid Heneine, J. Gerardo García-Lerma

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