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International Journal of Clinical & Medical Microbiology Volume 3 (2018), Article ID 3:IJCMM-137, 4 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2018/137
Original Article
Evaluation of Factors that may Cause False Positive Growth Signals in Blood Cultures-As the Word 'Factors' will Include Both Microbial and Patients as well as Others

Derya Bayırlı Turan1*, Tuba Kuruoğlu2, Defne Gümüş3, Fatma Kalaycı3 and Kıvanç Şerefhanoğlu1

1Yeni Yüzyil University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul
2Samsun Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Samsun
3Istanbul Yeni Yüzyil University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul
Dr. Derya Bayırlı Turan, Yeni Yüzyil University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul; E-mail: keramettinyanik@gmail.com
09 October 2018; 22 December 2018; 24 December 2018
Turan DB, Kuruoğlu T, Gümüş D, Kalaycı F, Şerefhanoğlu K (2018) Evaluation of Factors that may Cause False Positive Growth Signals in Blood Cultures-As the Word 'Factors' will Include Both Microbial and Patients as well as Others. Int J Clin Med Microbiol 3: 137. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4028/2018/137
© 2018 Turan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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