Fungal blood cultures
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_6F47E6B7844C
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Fungal blood cultures
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
ISSN
0934-9723 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/1989
Volume
8
Number
9
Pages
825-31
Notes
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Sep
Review --- Old month value: Sep
Abstract
It is generally accepted that fungemia is an important and often life-threatening event. Unfortunately, it often remains undetected due to the lack of physician and/or laboratory awareness of the usefulness of fungal blood cultures. Many laboratories do not offer the possibility of performing fungal blood cultures and, if offered, some use methods that are not optimal for recovery or require extended incubation for recovery. Of the methods considered satisfactory, the lysis-centrifugation method (Isolator) has the highest recovery rate and the shortest recovery time. The Bactec and Septi-Chek systems are alternative methods, but have limitations.
Keywords
Blood/*microbiology
Fungi/*isolation & purification
Humans
Mycoses/*diagnosis
Sepsis/*diagnosis
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/01/2008 15:46
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20/08/2019 15:28