Factors affecting detection of Brucella melitensis by BACTEC NR730, a nonradiometric system for hemocultures

The detection of Brucella bacteremia by subculture does not always correlate with a positive signal in the BACTEC NR730 nonradiometric system (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.). The effect of the inoculum size, pH, sodium polyanetholesulfonate, carbon sources (i-erythritol...

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Main Authors: Gamazo, C. (Carlos), Vitas, A.I. (Ana Isabel), Lopez-Goñi, I. (Ignacio), Diaz, R. (Ramón), Moriyon, I. (Ignacio)
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:eng
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/29451