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Hughes, J. G.

Mayo Clinic

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Performance of Five Agar Media for Recovery of Fungi from Isolator Blood Cultures
Procop, Gary W. , Cockerill, Franklin R., Vetter, Emily A., Harmsen, William S. , Roberts, Glenn D., Hughes, J. G.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology | December 31, 2019 | Volume: 38 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 3827-3829

10.1128/jcm.38.10.3827-3829.2000 Get It

ABSTRACT We studied the recovery of 1,270 fungal isolates from 176,144 Isolator blood cultures (0.72% positive) on bacterial and fungal media, under routine and differing incubation conditions. Except with Histoplasma capsulatum , chocolate agar incubated for only 3 days proved to be an excellent medium for the recovery of fungi from the Isolator system.