The Clinical Significance of Positive Blood Cultures in the 1990s: A Prospective Comprehensive Evaluation of the Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Outcome of Bacteremia and Fungemia in Adults

Melvin P. Weinstein, Michael Towns, Seth M. Quartey, +4

Clinical Infectious Diseases

AntibioticsKlebsiella PneumoniaeClinical EpidemiologyHealthcare-associated InfectionEscherichia Coli +13

Detection of Bloodstream Infections in Adults: How Many Blood Cultures Are Needed?

Andrew Lee, S Mirrett, L. Barth Reller, +1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

ImmunohematologyFirst Blood CultureBlood CultureHealthcare-associated InfectionClinical Epidemiology +16

The Clinical and Prognostic Importance of Positive Blood Cultures in Adults

Brian C. Pien, Punidha Sundaram, Natalia Raoof, +5

The American Journal of Medicine

MedicineTransfusion MedicineBlood TransfusionClinical EpidemiologyHematology +7

Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for Detection of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Antigen in Urine Samples from Adults with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

David R. Murdoch, Richard T. R. Laing, Graham Mills, +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

BacT/Alert: an automated colorimetric microbial detection system

T C Thorpe, Michael L. Wilson, James Turner, +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

EngineeringPathogen DetectionQuantitative MicrobiologyMedicineDetection Algorithm +9

Controlled evaluation of the volume of blood cultured in detection of bacteremia and fungemia

James H. Tenney, L. Barth Reller, S Mirrett, +2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Equal VolumesAntimicrobial SusceptibilityMicrobial ContaminationLaboratory MedicineBlood Donation +9

Controlled evaluation of BacT/Alert standard aerobic and FAN aerobic blood culture bottles for detection of bacteremia and fungemia

Melvin P. Weinstein, S Mirrett, L G Reimer, +5

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Antimicrobial SusceptibilityMicrobial ContaminationPathogen DetectionAntibioticsMedicine +12

Rapid bacterial antigen detection is not clinically useful

Mark D. Perkins, S Mirrett, L. Barth Reller

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Medical MicrobiologyAntimicrobial SusceptibilityPathogen DetectionLatex AgglutinationRapid Antigen Detection +11

Comparison of acridine orange and Gram stains for detection of microorganisms in cerebrospinal fluid and other clinical specimens

Brian A. Lauer, L. Barth Reller, S Mirrett

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

EngineeringPathogen DetectionMedicineAcridine Orange StainBioanalysis +12

Relevance of the Number of Positive Bottles in Determining Clinical Significance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Blood Cultures

S Mirrett, Melvin P. Weinstein, L G Reimer, +2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology