Blood Cultures of Apparently Healthy Persons
| Autor: | Theodore L. Squier, Allan F. Reith |
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| Rok vydání: | 1932 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases. 51:336-343 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/51.2.336 |
| Popis: | Numerous reports have been published on blood cultures from persons with various diseases, but the literature is meager concerning blood cultures from healthy persons. In studies on blood cultures in which control cultures have been reported, the incidence of negative cultures among the controls is usually high. Thus Cecil, Nichols and Stainsby 1 reported negative results in all of 54 control blood cultures made in connection with their work on arthritis. Gray and Gowen 2 in similar studies obtained positive results in only 2 of 71 control blood cultures. One of these came from a patient with thrombosis of the cavernous sinus; the other, from a patient with agranulocytic angina. Cameron, Rae and Murphy3 recently cultured the blood of 100 healthy dental students and obtained 6 positive cultures, 4 of which yielded Staphylococcus aureus, and 2, diphtheroids. It is reasonable to assume that bacteria may enter the blood stream in persons who have acute or chronic infections. We would expect, therefore, with suitable methods, to be able to demonstrate bacteria in the blood stream in apparently healthy persons, and theoretically, at least, we would expect a higher incidence of positive results in cultures from persons with frank foci of infection. |
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