Abstract:Clinical microbiology laboratories play an essential role in establishing an etiologic diagnosis for sepsis and bloodstream infection. Diagnosis requires multiple steps, including one or more blood cultures drawn from different sites, recovery and identification of microorganisms detected in blood culture, antimicrobial susceptibility testing of clinically significant organisms, and interpretation of results in conjunction with other clinical, radiographic, and laboratory findings. This chapter provides a summ… Show more
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