A blood culture is a medical laboratory test that detects bacteria and fungi in blood. Normal blood contains no microorganisms. However, if they are present, it can indicate a bloodstream illness such as bacteremia and fungemia. Severe cases could lead to sepsis. Culturing blood allows for the identification of microbes and testing them for resistance to antimicrobial medications. This allows clinicians to offer an effective treatment. The test involves drawing blood into bottles that contain a liquid mixture that promotes microbial growth. This is called a culture medium. Two containers are usually collected at once. One container is intended for aerobic organisms who require oxygen and one is for non-oxygenated organisms. These containers are called a set of blood culture.
Two sets of blood cultures may occasionally be obtained from various blood draws. One blood culture may contain a single organism. It could be a sign of skin bacteria contamination rather than a true infection. False negative results can occur if the sample is taken after an Antimicrobial Drug has been administered. Some organisms cannot grow in blood culture. They require special techniques to be detected. To allow the organisms multiply, the containers are placed in an incubator.
A Gram stain from the culture bottles is performed to confirm that microbial growth has been detected. To isolate microbial colonies for further identification and susceptibility testing, the blood is subcultured. Rapid testing has been made possible by technologies such as MALDI–TOF MS and Polymerase chain reaction. Although methods for curing blood were first published in the middle of the 19th century, they were labor-intensive and did not resemble modern techniques. Visual inspection of culture bottles was the only way to detect microbial growth until automated blood culture systems were developed in the 1970s. These systems monitor the gases produced by microbial metabolism and are now used for detecting microbial growth. Automated systems have mostly replaced manual blood culture methods in developed countries.
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