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Assessment of the BacT/Alert blood culture system: rapid bacteremia diagnosis with loading throughout the 24 h  Jonas Bengtsson, Martin Wahl, Peter Larsson 

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1 Assessment of the BacT/Alert blood culture system: rapid bacteremia diagnosis with loading throughout the 24 h  Jonas Bengtsson, Martin Wahl, Peter Larsson  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages (January 1998) DOI: /j tb00331.x Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Blood culture collection time (00.00–24.00 h) for 111 positive BCs representing bacteremia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: ( /j tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Time from specimen collection to incubation in the BacT/Alert. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: ( /j tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Machine detection time in 111 cases of bacteremia: range 2.2–125 h, truncated at 56 h, five extremes not shown. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: ( /j tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 The absolute and relative numbers of positive BCs in each collection interval reported to the clinician before the following day (first two columns), or on the same day (right column), are shown as filled columns. Later reported bacteremias are shaded. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: ( /j tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions


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