Background: An important but controversial subject is the number of blood culture sets
required for the diagnosis of blood stream infection (BSI) and also the use of appropriate …

Introduction: Blood cultures are a proven gold standard method for the identification of
causative agents of bloodstream infections. Identification of causative organism along with …

Utility of BACTEC Blood Culture System versus Conventional Blood Culture Method for
Detection of Bacteriaemia in Pediatric Patie Page 1 Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(10) …

Background: Blood culture is the gold standard for identifying the causative agents of blood
stream infection. Identification of bacteria and fungi by blood culture in patients with sepsis is …

Background: Blood cultures are the current'Gold Standard'of blood stream infections (BSI)
diagnosis and are based on the detection of viable microorganisms present in blood. Hence …

Automated blood culture (BC) system remains the best approach for early definitive
management of sepsis. A retrospective analysis of samples received over 2 years was done …

BACKGROUND Blood stream infections range from self-limiting infections to life threatening
sepsis that require rapid and aggressive antimicrobial treatment. Timely detection and …

This Prospective study analyses culture result of 134 blood culture samples received in
microbiology laboratory during a five months period between October 2014 and February …

The prompt detection of bacteremia is a critical function of the clinical microbiology
laboratory and blood culture remains the “gold standard” for the detection of bacteremia …

Objective: To assess the strategies and outcome for reducing blood culture contamination in
order to improve the diagnosis of bacteraemia. Methods: The interventional study was …