Rapid detection of positive blood cultures
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 18 (3) , 716-718
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.18.3.716-718.1983
Abstract
A study of 16,108 blood cultures investigated the value of performing early smears in addition to the inspection of early subcultures after 12 h of incubation. The early smear and subculture detected 44.6% of 1,236 positive cultures; of those detected by the early subculture, 57.3% grew after 12 h of incubation.Keywords
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