Controlled evaluation of 5 versus 10 milliliters of blood cultured in aerobic BacT/Alert blood culture bottles.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 01, 1994

Authors

M P Weinstein1, S Mirrett, M L Wilson, L G Reimer, L B Reller

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08901.

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