Rapid Detection of Bacteremia by an Early Subculture Technic
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- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 64 (5) , 694-699
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/64.5.694
Abstract
Routine blood cultures in a pediatric hospital were subcultured after 4 to 14 hours of incubation (average 8 hours). Eighty-five per cent of all significant, positive blood cultures were detected within 24 hours of initial incubation. Contaminant organisms rarely grew on early subculture plates. Compared with the traditional 24-hour or 48-hour stain and subculture technics, the 4–14-hour (early) subculture method allows more rapid detection, identification, and sensitivity testing of most bacteria isolated from clinically significant positive blood cultures.Keywords
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