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Study of a novel method to assist in early reporting of sepsis from the microbiology laboratory

Author(s) -

Purabi Barman,

Sharmila Sengupta,

Shefali Singh

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.978

Subject(s) - blood culture , sepsis , clinical microbiology , agar plate , medicine , agar , turnaround time , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics , computer science , operating system

Microbiology laboratories must provide accurate blood culture reports with rapid turnaround time (TAT) to effectively manage patients with sepsis. In this study three methods are compared for reporting blood culture results: a manual method that included use of a serum separator tube (SST), the conventional manual, and an automated method for identification and susceptibility (ID/AST).

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