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A dedicated fungal culture medium is useful in the diagnosis of fungemia: a retrospective cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Mortality for candidemia ranges from 15% to 35%. Current guidelines recommend inoculating blood into three aerobic and three anaerobic blood culture bottles when candidemia is suspected, without mention of a fungal blood culture bottle. OBJECTIVE: To determine the value of the BACTEC Myc...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Shuwei, Ng, Tong Yong, Li, Huihua, Tan, Ai Ling, Tan, Thuan Tong, Tan, Ban Hock
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27736956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164668