Four-day incubation period for blood culture bottles processed with the Difco ESP blood culture system
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 35 (5) , 1290-2
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.35.5.1290-1292.1997
Abstract
Blood culture records from 1994 to 1995 from five U.S. medical centers all using the Difco ESP continuous monitoring blood culture system were reviewed retrospectively. Among a total of 7,362 isolates of bacteria and yeasts, only 0.1% of possibly significant isolates would have been missed had blood cultures been routinely incubated for 4 days instead of the 5 days recommended by the manufacturer. Conversely, numerous contaminants, detected only on day 5, would have been eliminated by a 4-day incubation period.Keywords
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