| Literature DB >> 1873977 |
S E Sharp1, J M Goodman, R J Poppiti.
Abstract
We compared 16,606 blood cultures for microbial growth on days 5, 6, and 7 of incubation using the BACTEC NR660. Only 20 potentially significant organisms (0.8% of positive cultures) were detected after day 5 and only one resulted in a change of patient management. We recommend users of the BACTEC NR660 consider a 5-day protocol for routine blood cultures.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1873977 DOI： 10.1016/0732-8893(91)90055-k
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN： 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803