Quantitative association of blood culture volume with contaminant and pathogen recovery
The positive association between contaminant growth and blood volume may result from better growth conditions in high volume samples, or suggest that in some cases, contaminant growth may reflect frank bacteremia.
Authors
- Amos Cahan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1601-4533)
- Nadav Sorek
- Tal Brosh-Nissimov
Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Assuta Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imj.2026.100241
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00