Inoculating pleural fluid into blood culture bottles improved yield in empyema
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In the "why didn't I think of that?" department: Menzies et al performed pleural fluid sampling on 62 patients with clinical pleural infection, and sent samples to the lab in both standard tubes and in blood culture bottles inoculated at the bedside.
Inoculating pleural fluid into blood culture bottles improved yield in empyema
Inoculating pleural fluid into blood culture…
Inoculating pleural fluid into blood culture bottles improved yield in empyema
In the "why didn't I think of that?" department: Menzies et al performed pleural fluid sampling on 62 patients with clinical pleural infection, and sent samples to the lab in both standard tubes and in blood culture bottles inoculated at the bedside.