Using anaerobic blood cultures for infants younger than 90 days rarely showed anaerobic infections but increased yields of bacterial growth
ConclusionTrue anaerobic bacteraemia was extremely rare in neonates. Nevertheless, using anaerobic culture media may increase the overall yield of bacterial culture growth by isolating anaerobic‐facultative bacteria. This should be weighed up against increasing the volume of blood used for the aerobic culture.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Acta Paediatrica - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Itai Gross, Oren Gordon, Shmuel Benenson, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Amir Shimonov, Saar Hashavya, Smadar Eventov ‐Friedman Tags: Regular Article Source Type: research