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Bulletin references July 2017

References for Malila Noone’s Letter:

  1. Baron EJ, Miller JM, Weinstein MP, Richter SS, Gilligan PH, Thomson RB, Jr., et al. A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Clin Infect Dis 2013;57:e22-e121.
  2. Public Health England (PHE). UK standards for microbiological investigations
  3. Kerremans JJ, van der Bij AK, Goessens W, Verbrugh HA, Vos MC. Immediate incubation of blood cultures outside routine laboratory hours of operation accelerates antibiotic switching. J Clin Microbiol 2009;47:3520-3.
  4. Morton B, Nagaraja S, Collins A, Pennington SH, Blakey JD (2015). A retrospective evaluation of critical care blood culture yield - do support services contribute to the “weekend effect”? PLoS ONE 10:e0141361. 10.1371/journal.pone.0141361
  5. Venturelli C, Righi E, Borsari L, Aggazzotti G, Busani S, Mussini C, et al. (2017) Impact of pre-analytical time on the recovery of pathogens from blood cultures: results from a large retrospective survey. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169466. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169466
  6. Doern GV, Vautour R, Gaudet M, Levy B. 1994. Clinical impact of rapid in vitro susceptibility testing and bacterial identification. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:1757–176
  7. Steele RW, Marmer DJ, O'Brien MD, Tyson ST, Steele CR. Leukocyte survival in cerebrospinal fluid.  J Clin Microbiol 1986;23:965-6.