Patients who have predisposing conditions are shown to have 5 % higher recovery rate of the bacteria in blood cultures.
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Blood cultures may be repeated at intervals to determine if persistent & mdash; rather than transient & mdash; bacteremia is present.
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The type strain of E . kobei is NIH 1485 1479 and was isolated by blood culture of a diabetic patient.
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This species has been isolated from human blood cultures and from pig lung tissue . " Penicillium piceum " produces ?-glucosidase
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The blood culture instrument reports positive blood cultures ( cultures with bacteria present, thus indicating the patient is " bacteremic " ).
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The blood culture bottle contains transport media to preserve any microorganisms present while they are being transported to the laboratory for cultures.
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The blood culture instrument reports positive blood cultures ( cultures with bacteria present, thus indicating the patient is " bacteremic " ).
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A blood culture smear showed bacteria suggestive of anthrax, but officials cautioned that doctors won't be sure until the culture is completed today.
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"We do not have even the positive blood cultures ( indicating anthrax ), but his clinical course is highly suspicious, " he said.
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Empiric antibiotics should be narrowed, preferably to a single antibiotic, once the blood culture returns with a particular bacteria that has been isolated.
