Screening for Gram-negative bacteria: Impact of preanalytical parameters

Screening recommendations for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria comprise microbiological analyses from rectal swabs. However, essential specifications of the preanalytic steps of such screenings, i.e. the sampling technique, sampling devices and sampling site, are lacking. For standardized...

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Main Authors: Warnke, Philipp, Johanna Pohl, Friederike Pola, Kundt, Guenther, Podbielski, Andreas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961960/