LEADER 03593nam 2200505 450 001 9910555170103321 005 20191220060903.0 010 $a1-68367-306-9 010 $a1-68367-084-1 010 $a1-55581-982-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000001444389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5042343 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001444389 100 $a20171019h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe dark art of blood cultures /$fedited by Wm. Michael Dunne and Carey-Ann Burnham 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cASM Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 320 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55581-981-8 330 $aIn the clinical microbiology laboratory, blood is a critical diagnostic sample that, in the majority of cases is sterile (or is it?). However, when microbes gain access to and multiply in the bloodstream, it can result in life-threatening illness including sepsis. Mortality rates from bloodstream infection and sepsis range from 25% to 80%, killing millions of people annually. Blood cultures are a vital technology used in the microbiology laboratory to isolate and identify microbes and predict their response to antimicrobial therapy.The Dark Art of Blood Cultures, edited by Wm. Michael Dunne, Jr., and Carey-Ann D. Burnham, surveys the entire field of blood culture technology, providing valuable information about every phase of the process, from drawing samples to culture methods to processing positive cultures. The Dark Art of Blood Cultures is organized around several major topics.? History of blood culture methods. Details the timeline of blood culture methods from manual through automated and describes the technological development of the leading automated blood culture systems (Bactec, BacT/Alert, and VersaTREK).? Manual and automated blood culture methods. Critiques manual and automated methods for setting up blood cultures for adult and pediatric patients. ? Detection of pathogens directly from blood specimens. Describes currently available CE marked and FDA-cleared commercial tests using both phenotypic and genotypic markers, including their strengths and limitations.? The workflow of culturing blood. Includes best practices from specimen collection to culture system verification, processing positive cultures for microbe identification and antibiotic susceptibility determination, along with the epidemiology of positive blood cultures and the value of postmortem blood cultures.? Microorganisms in the blood. Examines the concept of a blood microbiome in healthy and diseased individuals.The Dark Art of Blood Cultures is a resource that clinicians, laboratorians, lab directors, and hospital administrators will find engaging and extremely useful.--publisher. 606 $aBlood$xCultures and culture media 606 $aSepticemia$xMicrobiology 606 $aDiagnostic microbiology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBlood$xCultures and culture media. 615 0$aSepticemia$xMicrobiology. 615 0$aDiagnostic microbiology. 676 $a579 702 $aDunne$b W. Michael 702 $aBurnham$b Carey-Ann D. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bSFU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910555170103321 996 $aThe dark art of blood cultures$92817101 997 $aUNINA