The success of blood cultures is dependent on the collection of uncontaminated specimens, culture of a large volume of blood, and inoculation of multiple media types to maximize the recovery of most ...
Primary care providers are the frontline in the prompt identification of potential blood culture-negative endocarditis cases. The Duke criteria is a popular tool to aid in diagnosis of endocarditis.
On July 10, the FDA issued an advisory to clinicians that Becton Dickinson (BD) had announced a global shortage of their Bactec blood culture bottles -- which are essential in the case of suspected ...
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