Blood Specimen Collection

Bacteriology
Blood Culture Contamination in Tanzania, Malawi, and the United States: a Microbiological Tale of Three Cities
Lennox K. Archibald, Kisali Pallangyo, Peter Kazembe, L. Barth Reller
Bacteriology
Prospective Study of the Value of Quantitative Culture of Organisms from Blood Collected through Central Venous Catheters in Differentiating between Contamination and Bloodstream Infection
Ioannis Chatzinikolaou, Hend Hanna, Rabih Darouiche, George Samonis, Jeffrey Tarrand, Issam Raad
Virology
Development and Validation of an Immunoassay for Identification of Recent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infections and Its Use on Dried Serum Spots
Francis Barin, Laurence Meyer, Rémi Lancar, Christiane Deveau, Myriam Gharib, Anne Laporte, Jean-Claude Desenclos, Dominique Costagliola
Bacteriology
Routine Incubation of BacT/ALERT FA and FN Blood Culture Bottles for More than 3 Days May Not Be Necessary
Paul P. Bourbeau, Michael Foltzer
Virology
Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 DNA in Dried Blood Spots by a Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay
Wei Luo, Hua Yang, Kimberly Rathbun, Chou-Pong Pau, Chin-Yih Ou
CASE REPORTS
Detection of Bartonella quintana by Direct Immunofluorescence Examination of Blood Smears of a Patient with Acute Trench Fever
C. Foucault, J. M. Rolain, D. Raoult, P. Brouqui
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sterilization of Skin and Catheters before Drawing Blood Cultures
Andreas F. Widmer
Virology
Simple and Reliable Method for Detection and Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus RNA in Dried Blood Spots Stored at Room Temperature
Mariacarmela Solmone, Enrico Girardi, Francesco Costa, Leopoldo Pucillo, Giuseppe Ippolito, Maria R. Capobianchi
Bacteriology
Comparison of Four Antiseptic Preparations for Skin in the Prevention of Contamination of Percutaneously Drawn Blood Cultures: a Randomized Trial
David P. Calfee, Barry M. Farr
Bacteriology
Contamination of Catheter-Drawn Blood Cultures
Richard J. Everts, Emily N. Vinson, Paul O. Adholla, L. Barth Reller

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