Journal article
Detection of fungemia in a pediatric population
Current therapeutic research, v 56(4), pp 341-345
01 Apr 1995
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Abstract
Fungemia is an important cause of morbidity in compromised hosts and in children who have indwelling vascular catheters. Several new systems for culturing blood have been introduced during the past few years. To assess the need for a separate blood culture system for the recovery of fungi, we reviewed the results of all blood cultures performed during a 24-month period. A total of 17,428 blood samples were cultured: 15,855 using the Septi-Chek system and 1573 using the Isolator system. Seventy-four fungal isolates were recovered from 72 samples; 38 were considered clinically significant. In 47 cases, both blood culture systems were inoculated; both systems showed positive results in 14 of 18 episodes of clinically significant fungemia. Contaminants were recovered more frequently from samples processed using the Isolator system. In our laboratory and with our patient population, the Septi-Chek system was equivalent to the Isolator in detecting fungemia, while Septi-Chek had the advantage of allowing growth of fewer contaminants.
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- Title
- Detection of fungemia in a pediatric population
- Creators
- Margaret C. Fisher - Temple UniversityJoel E. Mortensen - Temple University
- Publication Details
- Current therapeutic research, v 56(4), pp 341-345
- Publisher
- EM Inc USA
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1995QT76200003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0028929747
- Other Identifier
- 991021930427304721
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