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. 1980 Sep;12(3):445-6.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.3.445-446.1980.

Optimal time for routine early subculture of blood cultures

H S Sliva, J A Washington 2nd

Optimal time for routine early subculture of blood cultures

H S Sliva et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Sep.

Abstract

Routine aerobic subcultures performed between 6 and 12 h and between 12 and 17 h after blood collection yielded 36 and 63%, respectively, of isolates from blood cultures, whereas only 10% of isolates were recovered in a preliminary study when cultures were subcultured within 6 h of blood collection for cultures.

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