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

Overview

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.

publication date

  • May 1, 1997

Research

keywords

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC232752

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030988101

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/jcm.35.5.1290-1292.1997

PubMed ID

  • 9114430

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 35

issue

  • 5