How to Optimize the Use of Blood Cultures for the Diagnosis of Bloodstream
Infections? A State-of-the Art
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Lamy B
; Dargère S
; Arendrup MC
; Parienti JJ
; Tattevin P
Front Microbiol
2016[]; 7
(?): 697
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Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a major cause of death in developed countries and
the detection of microorganisms is essential in managing patients. Despite major
progress has been made to improve identification of microorganisms, blood culture
(BC) remains the gold standard and the first line tool for detecting BSIs.
Consensus guidelines are available to ensure optimal BSI procedures, but BC
practices often deviate from the recommendations. This review provides an update
on clinical and technical issues related to blood collection and to BC
performance, with a special focus on the blood sample strategy to optimize the
sensitivity and specificity of BCs.