Blood culture

Who played an early and important role in the detection of microorganisms in blood?

• Dr. Jean-Antoine Villemin

• Athanasius Kircher

• Alexandre Yersin

Blood culture is a test that checks for __________ in blood.

When the organisms begin a log-growth phase?

• Once their enzymes have adapted to the new nutrients.

• They not reached a steady-state relationship with their environment.

The specimen must be processed as soon as possible after arriving in the laboratory.

• True

• False

Physicians rely on the results derived from blood culture analyzers to treat their patients with the proper antimicrobial agents.

• True

• False