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Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation.

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Petti, CA; Bhally, HS; Weinstein, MP; Joho, K; Wakefield, T; Reller, LB; Carroll, KC
Published in: J Clin Microbiol
January 2006

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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J Clin Microbiol

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0095-1137

Publication Date

January 2006

Volume

44

Issue

1

Start / End Page

257 / 259

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sepsis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Microbiology
  • Kingella
  • Haemophilus
  • Eikenella
  • Cardiobacterium
  • Blood
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Actinobacillus
 

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Petti, C. A., Bhally, H. S., Weinstein, M. P., Joho, K., Wakefield, T., Reller, L. B., & Carroll, K. C. (2006). Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation. J Clin Microbiol, 44(1), 257–259. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.44.1.257-259.2006
Petti, Cathy A., Hasan S. Bhally, Melvin P. Weinstein, Kim Joho, Teresa Wakefield, L Barth Reller, and Karen C. Carroll. “Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation.J Clin Microbiol 44, no. 1 (January 2006): 257–59. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.44.1.257-259.2006.
Petti, Cathy A., et al. “Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation.J Clin Microbiol, vol. 44, no. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 257–59. Pubmed, doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.257-259.2006.
Petti CA, Bhally HS, Weinstein MP, Joho K, Wakefield T, Reller LB, Carroll KC. Utility of extended blood culture incubation for isolation of Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella organisms: a retrospective multicenter evaluation. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jan;44(1):257–259.

Published In

J Clin Microbiol

DOI

ISSN

0095-1137

Publication Date

January 2006

Volume

44

Issue

1

Start / End Page

257 / 259

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sepsis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Microbiology
  • Kingella
  • Haemophilus
  • Eikenella
  • Cardiobacterium
  • Blood
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Actinobacillus