Classical Microbiological Diagnostics of Bacteremia: Are the Negative Results Really Negative? What is the Laboratory Result Telling Us About the “Gold Standard”?

Classical Microbiological Diagnostics of Bacteremia: Are the Negative Results Really Negative? What is the Laboratory Result Telling Us About the “Gold Standard”?

Standard blood cultures require at least 24−120 h to be reported as preliminary positive. The objective of this study was to compare the reliability of Gram staining and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting bacteria in otherwise negative blood culture bottles. Ninety-six...

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Main Authors: Tomasz Źródłowski, Joanna Sobońska, Dominika Salamon, Isabel M. McFarlane, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Tomasz Gosiewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
sepsis
bacteremia
blood culture
gram staining
fluorescence in-situ hybridization (fish)
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/3/346

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