Attempts to Isolate Wall-defective Microbial Variants from Clinical Specimens
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- 1 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 62 (5) , 601-603
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/62.5.601
Abstract
Blood taken from 42 patients with “fever of unknown origin,” including six patients with clinical diagnosis of “abacteremic endocarditis” and 14 patients with microbial endocarditis, was cultured for wall-defective microbial variants. No wall-defective microbial variant was isolated, but classic microbial forms were repeatedly isolated in hypertonic media from three patients with proven endocarditis, while simultaneous cultures in routine media were sterile. No wall-defective microbial variant was isolated from bone specimens obtained from nine patients with chronic osteomyelitis. Routine cultures for wall-defective microbial variants are unwarranted.Keywords
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