Application of Blood Cultures for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

摘要：

Sepsis is often defined as the symptomatic presence of microorganisms in the blood. The presence ofmicroorganisms in the blood of a patient is clinically important due to the considerable morbidity andmortality associated with sepsis. Indeed, the overall mortality of sepsis is approximately 30％. It is thus nosurprise that blood cultures have been used to detect clinically significant sepsis and bacteremia for over100 years.

关键词： Sepsis Infectious Diseases Diagnosis

作者: Charles W.Stratton

作者单位: Vanderbilt University Medical Center,Nashville,Tennessee,USA

会议类型: 国内会议

会议名称: 第十次全国感染病学术会议暨第二届全国感染科医师大会、第四届中美临床微生物研讨会

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

页码: 160-163

在线出版日期: 2008-09-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）