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Evaluation of Optimal Blood Culture Incubation Time To Maximize Clinically Relevant Results from a Contemporary Blood Culture Instrument and Media System

Timely diagnosis of microorganisms in blood cultures is necessary to optimize therapy. Although blood culture media and systems have evolved for decades, the standard interval for incubation prior to being discarded as negative has remained 5 days. Here, we evaluated the optimal incubation time for...

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Autores principales: Ransom, Eric M., Alipour, Zahra, Wallace, Meghan A., Burnham, Carey-Ann D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8106720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33239377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02459-20