Short blood culture time-to-positivity in Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia is associated with Lemierre's syndrome

David Nygren; Karl Oldberg; Karin Holm

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102474

Short blood culture time-to-positivity in Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia is associated with Lemierre's syndrome

David Nygren, Karl Oldberg, Karin Holm

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Abstract

The usefulness of blood culture time-to-positivity (TTP) in the diagnosis of endovascular infections has previously been shown. Here, we investigated TTP in 41 patients with F. necrophorum bacteraemia and found an association between short TTP and Lemierre's syndrome (p = 0.026).

Original language	English
Article number	102474
Journal	Anaerobe
Volume	73
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102474
Publication status	Published - 2022 Feb

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Infectious Medicine
Microbiology in the medical area

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Bacteremia
Endovascular infection
Fusobacterium necrophorum
Lemierre's syndrome
Time-to-positivity

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Short blood culture time-to-positivity in Fusobacterium necrophorum bacteremia is associated with Lemierre's syndrome

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