Blood culture bottles remain efficient months after their expiration date: implications for low- and middle-income countries
Clin Microbiol Infect
.
2024 Oct;30(10):1327-1328.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.06.014.
Epub 2024 Jun 22.
Authors
Liselotte Hardy
1
,
Tine Vermoesen
2
,
Birgitta Gleeson
3
,
Cecilia Ferreyra
3
,
Peter Dailey
3
,
Jan Jacobs
4
Affiliations
1
Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address:
[email protected]
.
2
Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium.
3
FIND, Geneva, Switzerland.
4
Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
PMID:
38914139
DOI:
10.1016/j.cmi.2024.06.014
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Blood Culture* / methods
Developing Countries*
Humans
Specimen Handling / methods
Time Factors