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Four-day incubation period for blood culture bottles processed with the Difco ESP blood culture system.

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.

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Doern, G., Brueggemann, A., Dunne, W. M., Jenkins, S., Halstead, D., & McLaughlin, J. (1997). Four-day incubation period for blood culture bottles processed with the Difco ESP blood culture system. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 35(5), 1290–1292.

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Doern, G, et al. “Four-Day Incubation Period for Blood Culture Bottles Processed with the Difco ESP Blood Culture System.” Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 35, no. 5, 1997, pp. 1290–92.

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Doern, G, A Brueggemann, WM Dunne, S Jenkins, D Halstead, and J McLaughlin. 1997. “Four-Day Incubation Period for Blood Culture Bottles Processed with the Difco ESP Blood Culture System.” Journal of Clinical Microbiology 35 (5): 1290–92.
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+ Brueggemann, A More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MSD
Department:: NDM
Sub department:: NDM Experimental Medicine
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+ Dunne, WM More by this author

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+ Jenkins, S More by this author

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+ Halstead, D More by this author

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Journal:: Journal of clinical microbiology More from this journal
Volume:: 35
Issue:: 5
Pages:: 1290-1292
Publication date:: 1997-05-01
EISSN:: 1098-660X
ISSN:: 0095-1137

Language:: English
Keywords:: Bacterial Typing Techniques
Pubs id:: pubs:384054
UUID:: uuid:0066e854-fedd-4fcb-b9b2-a8ed767b5f23
Local pid:: pubs:384054
Source identifiers:: 384054
Deposit date:: 2013-11-16
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_0066e854fedd4fcbb9b2a8ed767b5f23

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Copyright date:: 1997

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