Mycobacteremia and the new blood culture systems.

Annals of internal medicine ·Vol. 99 ·No. 6 ·1983-12-00 ·Pages 786-9

Pierce PF, DeYoung DR, Roberts GD

Abstract

Clinical and microbiologic aspects of mycobacteremia occurring in 11 patients are presented. Ten of the 11 patients were immunosuppressed. Disseminated disease was shown in 7 patients, transient bacteremia in 2, and endocarditis in 1. Blood cultures were positive in 11 blood culture systems. Newer blood culture systems appear to provide more rapid detection of mycobacteremia.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Aged Bacteriological Techniques Blood/microbiology Female Humans Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium Infections/microbiology Mycobacterium avium/isolation & purification Mycobacterium phlei/isolation & purification Nontuberculous Mycobacteria/isolation & purification Sepsis/microbiology

Authors & Affiliations

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Pierce P F

DeYoung D R

Roberts G D

Article Info

Journal

Annals of internal medicine

Abbr.

Ann Intern Med

ISSN

0003-4819

DOI

10.7326/0003-4819-99-6-786

Published

1983-12-00

Pages

786-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0372351

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-99-6-786 View journal details

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