Blood Cultures In Bacterial Endocarditis*

Authors

  • GHAZALA MOIHYUDDIN ARAIN
  • MISBAHUDDIN PIRZADA SIDDIQUI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47144/phj.v29i3-4.150

Keywords:

Blood Cultures

Abstract

An impro’d base broth for culturing blood in bacterial endocarditis was compared with routine culture medium in 77 samples, taken from 26 patients of infective endocarditis. On Culture with improved broth 18 patients showed bacter iological presence as compared to 3 patients on routine culture media giving sensitivity of 69.23%. The number of abacteremic patients were 30.76.

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ARAIN GM, SIDDIQUI MP. Blood Cultures In Bacterial Endocarditis*. Pak Heart J [Internet]. 2012Jul.12 [cited 2024Nov.24];29(3-4). Available from: https://pakheartjournal1.pcs.org.pk/index.php/pk/article/view/150

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 3-4 (1996): Pakistan Heart Journal

Section

Original Article

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