Radiometric Detection of Bacteremia in Neonates
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- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (6) , 1067-1069
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.27.6.1067-1069.1974
Abstract
The predicted prevalence of false positive blood cultures due to hyperactive neonatal blood cells in a radiometric detection system was confirmed. Suppression of this blood background radioactivity in the system was achieved by using a hypertonic medium containing 10% sucrose. The radiometric system produced accurate results as fast as the conventional blood culturing method, saved labor and minimized the recovery of extraneous contaminants.Keywords
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