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Enhanced detection of polymicrobic bacteremia by repeat subculture of previously positive blood cultures.

Blood subcultures repeated 3 days after the cultures were first identified as positives increased our detection of polymicrobic bacteremia in 9.1 to 27% of clinically significant patient episodes. Reincubation and repeated subculture of previously positive blood cultures had a direct impact on the t...

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Main Authors: Hansen, S L, Hetmanski, J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1983
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC270772/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6350347
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