Use of Directigen and acridine orange for rapid identification of human blood culture isolates.
Of 7,871 blood cultures from hospital patients, 22 yielded growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae or Haemophilus influenzae type b. The identities of 19 (86%) of these 22 strains could be verified after...
The rapid 3M Prompt inoculation system was compared with the traditional log-phase system for Autoscan identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing (MIC) of 188 recent clinical isolates. The...
Use of Directigen and acridine orange for rapid identification of human blood culture isolates.
Of 7,871 blood cultures from hospital patients, 22 yielded growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae or Haemophilus influenzae type b. The identities of 19 (86%) of these 22 strains could be verified after...
The rapid 3M Prompt inoculation system was compared with the traditional log-phase system for Autoscan identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing (MIC) of 188 recent clinical isolates. The...