Analysis of Blood Culture Collection and Laboratory Processing Practices in Israel
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38309
Abstract: Key Points Question Are blood cultures collected and processed in Israel in accordance with best practice standards? Findings In this quality improvement study that included 28 hospitals (348 987 blood culture bottles), an estimated 24% of… read more here.
Keywords: culture collection; blood culture; collection laboratory; blood ... See more keywords
Rapid, label‐free antibiotic susceptibility determined directly from positive blood culture
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DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24560
Abstract: Bacterial bloodstream infections are a significant cause of global morbidity and mortality. Constrained by low bacterial burdens of 1–100 colony‐forming‐units per ml blood (CFU/ml), clinical diagnosis relies on lengthy culture amplification and isolation steps prior… read more here.
Keywords: culture; positive blood; blood culture; antibiotic susceptibility ... See more keywords
Draft genome and description of Cohnella massiliensis sp. nov., a new bacterial species isolated from the blood culture of a hemodialysis patient
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DOI: 10.1007/s00203-018-1612-1
Abstract: Strain 6021052837T was isolated from the blood culture of a hemodialysis patient on Chocolat PolyViteX medium at 37 °C after 2 days of incubation. Colonies could not be identified by our systematic MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry screening.… read more here.
Keywords: isolated blood; culture hemodialysis; cohnella; strain 6021052837t ... See more keywords
Predictors of Mortality in Neonatal Pneumonia: An INCLEN Childhood Pneumonia Study
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DOI: 10.1007/s13312-021-2370-8
Abstract: Neonatal pneumonia contributes significantly to mortality due to pneumonia in the under-five age group, but the predictors of mortality are largely unknown. To evaluate the clinical and microbiological characteristics and other risk factors that predict… read more here.
Keywords: study; predictors mortality; blood culture; pneumonia ... See more keywords
Influence of microbiological diagnosis on the clinical course of spondylodiscitis
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DOI: 10.1007/s15010-021-01642-5
Abstract: This study sought to recognize differences in clinical disease manifestations of spondylodiscitis depending on the causative bacterial species. We performed an evaluation of all spondylodiscitis cases in our clinic from 2013–2018. 211 patients were included,… read more here.
Keywords: bacterial species; mortality; causative bacterial; blood culture ... See more keywords
Blood Culture Contamination: Educational Roadmap to Improvement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.044
Abstract: BACKGROUND Blood culture contamination (BCC) leads to diagnostic uncertainty in clinical management. It contributes to increased health care costs, prolong hospitalization, delay or incorrect changes to patient management and increase laboratory workload. Research indicates average… read more here.
Keywords: bcc; blood culture; contamination; improvement ... See more keywords
Increase of blood culture contamination during COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective descriptive study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.025
Abstract: Background: Secondary bacterial infection during the care of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients poses risks to the patients, but there are concerns of an increase in blood culture contamination. Methods: A retrospective comparative study was… read more here.
Keywords: culture contamination; covid; increase blood; blood ... See more keywords
Evaluation of different methods to improve culture-negative peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: A single-center study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.087
Abstract: Background ISPD recommends culture-negative peritonitis in each peritoneal dialysis (PD) center should less than 15%. The hospital in Thailand, however faced a significantly high rate of culture negative peritonitis, even using blood culture bottles technique.… read more here.
Keywords: culture negative; related peritonitis; centrifugation; culture ... See more keywords
A Hungatella effluvii isolate in blood culture of a patient with hematochezia.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102211
Abstract: Hungatella spp. are anaerobic bacteria, are known members of the gut microbiome and very rarely cause human infection. Hungatella effluvii was isolated from an effluent treatment plant in 2014. We report a case of bacteremia… read more here.
Keywords: hungatella effluvii; effluvii isolate; isolate blood; hungatella ... See more keywords
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Eggerthella lenta blood culture isolates at a University Hospital in Belgium from 2004 to 2018.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102348
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Eggerthella lenta is a Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that is an important cause of bloodstream infections. This study aims to test the susceptibility of Eggerthella lenta blood culture isolates to commonly used antibiotics for the… read more here.
Keywords: susceptibility; lenta blood; blood; eggerthella lenta ... See more keywords
Patient monitoring as a predictor of blood culture results in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103233
Abstract: We present a mesoergonomic approach to the early detection of neonatal sepsis, analyzing clinical data for 4999 patients from a neo-natal intensive care unit to predict positive culture results. The Apgar score at birth predicted… read more here.
Keywords: care unit; culture results; intensive care; culture ... See more keywords