Lack of requirement for prolonged incubation of Septi-Chek blood culture bottles in patients with bacteremia due to fastidious bacteria.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-1996
Abstract
A questionnaire survey for which there were 538 respondents from American clinical microbiology laboratories was used to assess the need for prolonged incubation of Septi-Chek blood culture bottles for the recovery of HACEK bacilli, Brucella species, Francisella tularensis, and nutritionally deficient streptococci from blood. Among a total of 219 reported isolates of these bacteria, in only 6 cases (2.7%) was incubation longer than 7 days required. Only 2 of 136 patients (1.5%) were noted to be bacteremic exclusively following incubation of Septi-Chek blood culture bottles for periods of greater than 7 days. It appeared from the results of this study, that incubation of Septi-Chek blood culture bottles for 7 days is usually sufficient in patients suspected of having bacteremia due to fastidious bacteria.
Volume
24
Issue
3
First Page
141
Last Page
143
ISSN
0732-8893
Published In/Presented At
Doern, G. V., Davaro, R., George, M., & Campognone, P. (1996). Lack of requirement for prolonged incubation of Septi-Chek blood culture bottles in patients with bacteremia due to fastidious bacteria. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 24(3), 141–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/0732-8893(96)00018-1
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
8724399
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article