Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor of Microbiology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada.
Abstract
Presence of microbes in blood i.e. bacteremia carries high risk of morbidity and mortality. Blood cultures form a critical part of evaluation of
patients with suspected sepsis. The present study was undertaken to study the effect of duration of incubation for obtaining positive cultures. Atotal
of 220 samples from 107 pediatric patients presenting with suspected bacteraemia were processed aerobically. Cultures were positive in 24.3% of
the samples. But, following repeat cultures, only 18.7% were identied as true or persistent bacteremias. Blood cultures positive for isolates
having doubtful pathogenicity have to be conrmed by repeat cultures or isolation from other sets to conrm the true bacteremias.
Subject
Agronomy and Crop Science,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Bioengineering,Food Science,Biotechnology,Biochemistry,Catalysis,Biotechnology,Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry,Biophysics,Biochemistry,Biochemistry,Biomedical Engineering,Environmental Engineering,Bioengineering,Biotechnology,Genetics,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Biochemistry,Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry,Biochemistry,Organic Chemistry,Molecular Biology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,General Medicine,Biochemistry,Analytical Chemistry,Biotechnology