The utility of performing anaerobic blood cultures in pediatric intensive care units.
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DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piad037
Abstract: BACKGROUND Several reports have suggested that routine use of anaerobic blood culture bottles together with aerobic bottles may improve blood culture positivity. However, the information is still limited regarding the utility of anaerobic blood culture… read more here.
Keywords: culture; anaerobic blood; pediatric intensive; culture bottles ... See more keywords
Routine Use of Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottles for Specimens Collected from Adults and Children Enhances Microorganism Recovery and Improves Time to Positivity
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00500-22
Abstract: The utility of anaerobic blood culture bottles remains controversial, especially for specimens from children. Data are limited on the inclusion of an anaerobic bottle as part of a blood culture “set” when using contemporary blood… read more here.
Keywords: culture; anaerobic blood; culture bottles; blood culture ... See more keywords
Culture of periprosthetic tissue in blood culture bottles for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection
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DOI: 10.1186/s12891-019-2683-0
Abstract: BackgroundThe purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of periprosthetic tissue culture in blood culture bottles (BCB) for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).MethodsPubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were systematically searched for eligible… read more here.
Keywords: culture bottles; culture; periprosthetic joint; periprosthetic tissue ... See more keywords
Considerations in evaluating equipment-free blood culture bottles: A short protocol for use in low-resource settings
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267491
Abstract: Use of equipment-free, “manual” blood cultures is still widespread in low-resource settings, as requirements for implementation of automated systems are often not met. Quality of manual blood culture bottles currently on the market, however, is… read more here.
Keywords: low resource; culture bottles; resource settings; blood culture ... See more keywords
[Evaluation of EUCAST Direct Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Method in Blood Culture Bottles with Positive Signal].
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DOI: 10.5578/mb.20219713
Abstract: Early reporting of the antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) results is essential for the survival of sepsis patients. In 2019, European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) published a proposal to detect antimicrobial susceptibility from positive… read more here.
Keywords: susceptibility; method; rast method; culture bottles ... See more keywords