Evaluation of the necessity for routine terminal subculturing of blood cultures negative by radiometric methods.

A retrospective review of 18,130 blood cultures performed with a BACTEC 225 indicated that terminal subculturing of bottles negative after 7 days of testing did not recover organisms which affected patient care or the length of patient hospitalization.

Bibliografische gegevens

Gepubliceerd in:	J Clin Microbiol
Hoofdauteurs:	Beckwith, D G, Etowski, D C
Formaat:	Artigo
Taal:	Inglês
Gepubliceerd in:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1982
Onderwerpen:	Research Article
Online toegang:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC272018/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7186906/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.15.1.35-40.1982
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