| Literature DB >> 17301285 |
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun1, Wirongrong Chierakul, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Lee D Smythe, Meegan L Symonds, Michael F Dohnt, Andrew T Slack, Roongreung Limpaiboon, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Nicholas J White, Nicholas P J Day, Sharon J Peacock.
Abstract
A prospective study of 989 patients with acute febrile illness was performed in northeast Thailand to define the yield of Leptospira from four different types of blood sample. Based on a comparison of the yields from whole blood, surface plasma, deposit from spun plasma, and clotted blood samples from 80 patients with culture-proven leptospirosis, we suggest a sampling strategy in which culture is performed using whole blood and deposit from spun plasma.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17301285 PMCID: PMC1865830 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02430-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948