Effective mitigation of blood culture bottle shortage with diagnostic stewardship interventions

2025/01/24 by Jessica A. Hudson, Guillermo Rodriguez‐Nava, Mindy Sampson +6 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing #Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus #Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

paper · doi:10.1128/jcm.01701-24

openalex publication_date 2025/01/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

KEYWORDS blood culture

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