Chapter 13: Diagnostic tests
Skip chapter table of contents and go to main content
Definition
A blood culture is a specimen of blood obtained from a single venepuncture or central venous access device (CVAD) sample for the purpose of detecting blood‐borne organisms (bacteria or fungi) and their associated infections (Lee et al. [123], Pagana and Pagana [177]). Inoculation of an aerobic and an anaerobic sample of blood in two separate bottles comprises a set of blood cultures.
