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. 1976 Aug;2(2):94-5.

Incidence of bacteremia in adults without infection

W R Wilson, R E Van Scoy, J A Washington 2nd

Incidence of bacteremia in adults without infection

W R Wilson et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1976 Aug.

Abstract

To determine the incidence of bacteremia in healthy adults, blood cultures were obtained from 240 patients who had no demonstrable foci of infection. Five patients (2.1%) had positive blood cultures. Staphylococcus epidermidis was isolated from four patients and Alcaligenes faecalis from one. In each of these patients, the organism isolated probably represented contamination rather than bacteremia.

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