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Emerg Infect Dis
; 22(8): 1460-3, 2016 08.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27433834
RESUMO
Orientia tsutsugamushi, which requires specialized facilities for culture, is a substantial cause of disease in Asia. We demonstrate that O. tsutsugamushi numbers increased for up to 5 days in conventional hemocultures. Performing such a culture step before molecular testing could increase the sensitivity of O. tsutsugamushi molecular diagnosis.