A multipoint inoculation method was used for the terminal subculture of blood cultures. This economical yet reliable technique successfully isolated important human pathogens such as Haemophilus influenzae from macroscopically negative blood cultures.

To determine the need for blind subculturing of BACTEC (Johnston Laboratories, Cockeysville, Md.) blood culture media, we compared results of radiometric readings, visual inspection, and blind subculturing for nearly 7,500 blood specimens. Visual inspection and radiometric testing were performed on day 1 through 7, and blind subcultures were made on day 3. In the first phase of the study, 402 o...

The value growth of Li Bing’s Cultural IP is critical for enhancing its cultural influence, assisting development and inheritance, the overall effect local culture urban ranking. In new media period, creation inextricably linked to discovery youth subcultures generated by groups, who are primary consumers internet material. Referring Herbertig’s classical theory, after discussing style construc...

ION AS AN INEVITABLE FUTURE By examining characteristics of culture which include evo lution, environmental stress, diffusion, cultural lag and resistance, language, and selection and applying these characteri stics to the field of mathematics, it is possible to perceive mathematics as a cultural system or a subculture in and of itself. Mathemat ics as a subculture is inherently subject to evol...

Two strains of fastidious mycobacteria were isolated from two patients with AIDS and clinical disease suggestive of Mycobacterium avium complex infection. Acid-fast bacilli were isolated from blood and bone marrow of both patients in BACTEC 12B and/or 13A media. The acid-fast bacilli failed to grow on subculture to routine Löwenstein-Jensen medium containing pyruvate and egg yolk agar. After se...