| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2864856 | The American Journal of the Medical Sciences | 2008 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Anaerobic blood culture can be avoided in most cases. Anaerobic blood culture may be most helpful when (1) bacteremia because of obligate anaerobes is clinically suspected, (2) patients are severely immunocompromised, and (3) source of bacteremia is not identified by clinical evaluation.
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Authors
Kentaro MD, MSc, Miwa Takahashi,