https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2540

Usefulness of a rapid method to cultivate sterile body fluid specimens

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2009)
Submitted: 17 February 2014
Accepted: 17 February 2014
Published: 30 June 2009
Life-threatening infections, Sterile body fluids, Uro4 HB&L automated system
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Antonietta Cavallaro
antonietta.cavallaro@sanita.padova.it
Laura Squarzon
At the present, diagnosis of invasive infections is commonly based on the cultivation of pathogenic microorganisms with subsequent morphological and biochemical identification, followed by several types of antimicrobial susceptibility tests. Early identification and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of microorganisms causing these invasive and life-threatening infections are high priorities in clinical microbiology laboratories. Aim of our study was to investigate whether Uro4 HB&L automated system (Alifax S.p.A., Padova, Italy) anticipates the recovery of microorganisms from sterile body fluids other than traditional cultural methods.

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Cavallaro, A., & Squarzon, L. (2009). Usefulness of a rapid method to cultivate sterile body fluid specimens. Microbiologia Medica, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2009.2540

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