Seasonal variations in blood culture numbers and time to positivity and potential impact of reducing incubation periods

• Published in: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 2087 - 2093
• Main Authors: de Ponfilly, Gauthier Péan, Lourtet-Hascoet, Julie, Porcheret, Huong, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Le Monnier, Alban, Jacquier, Hervé, Vasse, Marc, Farfour, Eric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Automation; Bacteremia - blood; Bacteremia - diagnosis; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacteria - genetics; Bacteria - growth & development; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Bacteriology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Blood; Blood - microbiology; Blood culture; Blood Culture - instrumentation; Blood Culture - methods; Bottles; Contaminants; Culture Media - metabolism; Ecology, environment; Endocarditis; France; Health; Human health and pathology; Humans; Infectious diseases; Internal Medicine; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology and Parasitology; Microorganisms; Original; Original Article; Patients; Pediatrics; Respiratory diseases; Retrospective Studies; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Saturation; Seasonal variations; Seasons; Virology; Winter; France; Pandemic; Outbreak; Blood culture; Time-to-positivity (TTP); Influenza

Patients with viral respiratory infections often present symptoms compatible with bloodstream infections. Consequently, the winter period commonly associated with epidemic respiratory illnesses shows an increase in the number of blood cultures (BC) and to occasional saturation of automated BC system...