Blood Cultures: Issues and Controversies
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Washington, J. A.; Ilstrup, D. M.
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Article
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1986
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University of Chicago Press
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English
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Blood-culture procedures must be designed to overcome the intermittency and low order of magnitude of most bacteremias and fungemias and to inhibit any antimicrobial properties or components of the blood. Among the several variables affecting yields, the volume of blood cultured appears to be most i