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. 1982 Jan;15(1):35–40. doi: 10.1128/jcm.15.1.35-40.1982

Evaluation of the necessity for routine terminal subculturing of blood cultures negative by radiometric methods.

D G Beckwith, D C Etowski
PMCID: PMC272018  PMID: 7186906

Abstract

A retrospective review of 18,130 blood cultures performed with a BACTEC 225 indicated that terminal subculturing of bottles negative after 7 days of testing did not recover organisms which affected patient care or the length of patient hospitalization.

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