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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 41, Issue 11, Pages 1677-1680Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/497595
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An extensive blood culture protocol, including prolonged incubation of cultures, for 215 patients believed to have had endocarditis yielded only 3 clinically relevant results. Twenty-four Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella (i.e.,HACEK) organisms were recovered from standard 5-day blood cultures during the same time period. Specialized methods and not extended incubation times are recommended for recovery of fastidious agents of septicemia.
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