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329. Bedside Inoculation of Blood Culture Bottles Does Not Improve Ascites Culture Positivity Rate in Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

BACKGROUND: Prior research demonstrates increased positivity rate for ascites cultures in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) when directly inoculated into blood culture bottles at bedside, versus the “conventional method” - transportation of ascitic fluid in a sealed syringe to the laboratory,...

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Autores principales: Brehm, Tyler, Al Mohajer, Mayar, Lasco, Todd M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9752865/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.407