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1076. What Is the Positivity Delay of Blood Cultures in Infective Endocarditis?
BACKGROUND: Blood culture is a key test for the positive diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). In order to detect certain so-called fastidious bacteria and to avoid the absence of documentation, it is customary to repeat the blood cultures (at least three series) and to keep them for 21 days. Ho...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254635/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.913 |