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. 1983 Jul;18(1):208-10.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.18.1.208-210.1983.

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

S L Hansen, J Hetmanski

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

S L Hansen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Jul.

Abstract

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 therapeutic management of patients with polymicrobic bacteremia.

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