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. 1968 Nov;21(6):719–721. doi: 10.1136/jcp.21.6.719

Effect of dilution on the growth of bacteria from blood cultures

A P C H Roome ^1,¹, R A Tozer ^1,²

PMCID: PMC473947 PMID: 4887527

Abstract

Artificial blood culture systems were set up to find the dilution with medium necessary to overcome the natural antibacterial effect of blood. The results indicate that blood should be diluted at least 1 in 50 in medium unless an additive such as Liquoid is used.

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