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Reemergence of Anaerobic Bacteremia

Author(s) -

Britta Lassmann,

Deborah Gustafson,

Chris M. Wood,

Jon E. Rosenblatt

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/512197

Subject(s) - bacteremia , anaerobic exercise , medicine , bacteroides fragilis , incidence (geometry) , anaerobic bacteria , bacteroides , context (archaeology) , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , physiology , biology , bacteria , paleontology , physics , genetics , optics

During 1974-1988, the incidence of anaerobic bacteremia at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) decreased. This trend occurred nationally, prompting calls for discontinuation of routine anaerobic blood cultures. However, recently, the sites of anaerobic infection have been shown not to be as predictable as once thought, and since 1993, the incidence of anaerobic bacteremia has increased significantly in our medical center.

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