Blood Culture Positive for Gram-Positive Rods: Contamination or a True Infection-A literature Review

Kobra Salimiyan rizi; Hadi Farsiani; Mohammad Momen Ghalibaf

Volume 8, Issue 2 , June 2021, , Pages 79-91

https://doi.org/10.22038/rcm.2021.58032.1369

Abstract
  Today, human bloodstream infections (BSIs) are recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The bacteria, responsible for bacteremia, are usually identified in diagnostic clinical laboratories, using blood cultures. True bacteremia is defined as a positive blood culture (>15 CFU/mL), ...  Read More