Diagnostic performance of the time to positivity of blood cultures to distinguish true bacteremia from contaminants based on an automated system.
Aracely Laque-AleMiguel Hueda ZavaletaJuan Carlos Gómez de la TorreLuis AlvaradoJosé Alonso Cáceres-DelAguilaPublished in: Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica (2024)
Our results show good diagnostic performance of blood culture positivity times to differentiate true bacteremia from contaminants using the "BACT/ALERT®" system when the positivity time was longer than 16.5 hours.