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Blood Cultures for the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis: What Is the Benefit of Prolonged Incubation?

To assess the need for prolonged incubation of blood culture bottles beyond five days for the diagnosis of infectious endocarditis (IE), we conducted a retrospective cohort study of 6109 sets of two blood culture bottles involving 1211 patients admitted to the Henri Mondor University Hospital for su...

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Autores principales: Fihman, Vincent, Faury, Hélène, Moussafeur, Amina, Huguet, Raphaelle, Galy, Adrien, Gallien, Sébastien, Lim, Pascal, Lepeule, Raphaël, Woerther, Paul-Louis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8705825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34945119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245824