Does concomitant bacteraemia hide the fungi in blood cultures? An in vitro study

ÖZ Y., Onder S., Alpaslan E., DURMAZ G.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, vol.69, no.7, pp.944-948, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 69 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1099/jmm.0.001210
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.944-948
  • Keywords: blood culture, polymicrobial, Candida, Fusarium, Trichosporon, BACTEC 9240
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction. Polymicrobial infections including yeasts and bacteria are not rare and patients with polymicrobial bloodstream infection have higher early and overall case fatality rates. The diagnosis of invasive fungal and bacterial infections is mainly based on blood culture.