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. 1978 Dec;8(6):764-6.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.6.764-766.1978.

Evaluation of a routine anaerobic subculture of blood cultures for detection of anaerobic bacteremia

J W Paisley, J E Rosenblatt, M Hall, J A Washington 2nd

Evaluation of a routine anaerobic subculture of blood cultures for detection of anaerobic bacteremia

J W Paisley et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1978 Dec.

Abstract

The value of a routine 48-h anaerobic subculture of blood cultures was assessed in our laboratory over a 4-month period. Excluding presumed contaminants, anaerobes represented 51 (6.9%) of the total number of 734 positive cultures. Sixteen isolates (all Bacteroides) from six patients were detected by the anaerobic subculture. All but one of these were also detected macroscopically. Excluding the one isolate, the routine anaerobic subculture hastened the identification of anaerobic organisms by only 1 day in two patients. We conclude that a routine anaerobic subculture is not indicated for the detection of anaerobic bacteremia.

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