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Oxygenating the argument for consistent performance of anaerobic blood cultures and blood volumes collected
(2019)We read with interest two articles in the February issue describing high levels of failure of empirical antibiotic therapy due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli [1,2]. There was an association with higher mortality ... -
Optimization Of The Blood Culture Pathway: A Template For Improved Sepsis, Management And Diagnostic Antimicrobial Stewardship.
(2018)Laboratory processing of blood cultures has remained static over the past 30 years despite increasing antibiotic resistance and advances in analyser design. By siting our blood culture analyser in the Blood Sciences ...