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Bacteriology
Clinical Comparison of Nonvented Aerobic BacT/Alert Blood Culture Bottle and Standard Aerobic Bottle for Detection of Microorganisms in Blood
James W. Snyder, Karen S. Benzing, Gina K. Munier, Grace D. Bostic, Pamela S. Bozigar, Rami Hanna, Marcus J. Zervos
Bacteriology
Rapid Extraction from and Direct Identification in Clinical Samples of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Using the PCR
Richard I. Jaffe, Janae D. Lane, Stephen V. Albury, Debra M. Niemeyer
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Comparison of BACTEC MYCO/F LYTIC and WAMPOLE ISOLATOR 10 (Lysis-Centrifugation) Systems for Detection of Bacteremia, Mycobacteremia, and Fungemia in a Developing Country
Lennox K. Archibald, L. Clifford McDonald, Rachel M. Addison, Celeste McKnight, Terry Byrne, Hamish Dobbie, Okey Nwanyanwu, Peter Kazembe, L. Barth Reller, William R. Jarvis
Bacteriology
Comparison of 16S rRNA Gene PCR and BACTEC 9240 for Detection of Neonatal Bacteremia
J. A. Jordan, M. B. Durso
Bacteriology
Comparison of the Yields of Blood Cultures Using Serum or Plasma from Patients with Early Lyme Disease
Gary P. Wormser, Susan Bittker, Denise Cooper, John Nowakowski, Robert B. Nadelman, Charles Pavia
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Direct Urease Test on BACTEC Blood Cultures: Early Presumptive Diagnosis of Brucellosis in an Area of Endemicity
Michael Rich, Robert M. Bannatyne, Ziad A. Memish
Bacteriology
Rapid Identification of Bacteria from Positive Blood Cultures by Fluorescence-Based PCR–Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of the 16S rRNA Gene
Christine Y. Turenne, Evelyn Witwicki, Daryl J. Hoban, James A. Karlowsky, Amin M. Kabani
Bacteriology
Pig and Goat Blood as Substitutes for Sheep Blood in Blood-Supplemented Agar Media
Chandar Anand, Rhonda Gordon, Helene Shaw, Kevin Fonseca, Merle Olsen
Virology
Stability of Plasma Human Immunodeficiency Virus Load in VACUTAINER PPT Plasma Preparation Tubes during Overnight Shipment
Mark Holodniy, Lynne Rainen, Steve Herman, Belinda Yen-Lieberman
Mycology
Specific Detection of Aspergillus Species in Blood and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples of Immunocompromised Patients by Two-Step PCR
Heyko Skladny, Dieter Buchheidt, Corinna Baust, Frank Krieg-Schneider, Wolfgang Seifarth, Christine Leib-Mösch, Rüdiger Hehlmann

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