Comparison of recovery of organisms from blood cultures diluted 10% (volume/volume) and 20% (volume/volume).

We compared blood cultures that were diluted 1:5 (20%, vol/vol) and 1:10 (10%, vol/vol) and contained specimens from patients with suspected septicemia. Streptococcus pneumoniae was recovered significantly more frequently from blood cultures diluted 20%, whereas gram-negative bacilli, group D strept...

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Published in:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Auckenthaler, R, Ilstrup, D M, Washington, J A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1982
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC272203/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6808015/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.15.5.860-864.1982
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