TY - JOUR
T1 - Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms
T2 - A retrospective multicenter evaluation
AU - Petti, Cathy A.
AU - Bhally, Hasan S.
AU - Weinstein, Melvin P.
AU - Joho, Kim
AU - Wakefield, Teresa
AU - Reller, L. Barth
AU - Carroll, Karen C.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - The incidence of and average time to detection for Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella (HACEK) bacteria in blood cultures with standard incubation and the utility of extended incubation of blood culture bottles were reviewed at four tertiary care microbiology laboratories. HACEK organisms were isolated from 35 (< 0.005%) of 59,203 positive blood cultures. None of 407 blood cultures with extended incubation grew HACEK or other bacteria. Bacteremia from HACEK bacteria is rare, and extended incubation of blood cultures to recover HACEK bacteria is unnecessary.
AB - The incidence of and average time to detection for Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella (HACEK) bacteria in blood cultures with standard incubation and the utility of extended incubation of blood culture bottles were reviewed at four tertiary care microbiology laboratories. HACEK organisms were isolated from 35 (< 0.005%) of 59,203 positive blood cultures. None of 407 blood cultures with extended incubation grew HACEK or other bacteria. Bacteremia from HACEK bacteria is rare, and extended incubation of blood cultures to recover HACEK bacteria is unnecessary.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.44.1.257-259.2006
DO - 10.1128/JCM.44.1.257-259.2006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16390985
AN - SCOPUS:30744432674
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 44
SP - 257
EP - 259
JO - Journal of clinical microbiology
JF - Journal of clinical microbiology
IS - 1
ER -