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Comparison of three bacterial detection methods under routine conditions

Michael Schmidt, A. Karakassopoulos, J. Burkhart, Robert Deitenbeck, Jens Asmus, Thomas Müller, Franz Weinauer, Erhard Seifried, Gabriele Walther‐Wenke

Vox Sanguinis · 2006 · 43 citations · 20 references

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Sensitivity was best for BacT/ALERT, whereas specificity was enhanced for Pall eBDS and Scansystem. Scansystem required specially trained staff, whereas BacT/ALERT and Pall eBDS were easy, quick, user-friendly and objective methods.

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