Clinical Significance and Outcome of Anaerobic Bacteremia
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Anaerobic bacteremia: incidence, patient characteristics, and clinical significance.
PURPOSE In the 1970s, blood culture for obligate anaerobic bacteria became routine in most United States hospitals. Since then, various authorities have reported isolation of obligate anaerobes in 5% to 25% of blood cultures. Our experience suggests a much lower frequency; therefore, we retrospectively assessed the occurrence and significance of these cultures at our institutions. PATIENTS AN...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/516355