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01-06-2019 | Pneumococcus | Letter to the Editor

Adoption of new technologies in laboratory workflow practices for positive blood culture bottles: a cross-sectional survey among hospitals in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain

Authors: Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Emilio Borrajo, Montserrat Bosque, Juan José Camarena, Javier Colomina, Ma. Victoria Domínguez Márquez, Encarnación Fuentes, José María García-Aguayo, Adelina Gimeno, Nieves Gonzalo, Remedios Guna, Olalla Martínez, Rosario Moreno, José Miguel Nogueira, Nieves Orta, Josep Prat, Alberto Yagüe, Concepción Gimeno, David Navarro, on behalf of the Working Group of the Autonomous Community of Valencia (ACV) for Optimization of Microbiological Diagnostic Processes

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 6/2019

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Title: Adoption of new technologies in laboratory workflow practices for positive blood culture bottles: a cross-sectional survey among hospitals in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain
Authors: Juan Carlos Rodríguez
Emilio Borrajo
Montserrat Bosque
Juan José Camarena
Javier Colomina
Ma. Victoria Domínguez Márquez
Encarnación Fuentes
José María García-Aguayo
Adelina Gimeno
Nieves Gonzalo
Remedios Guna
Olalla Martínez
Rosario Moreno
José Miguel Nogueira
Nieves Orta
Josep Prat
Alberto Yagüe
Concepción Gimeno
David Navarro
on behalf of the Working Group of the Autonomous Community of Valencia (ACV) for Optimization of Microbiological Diagnostic Processes
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Pneumococcus
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03522-1

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