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RELEVANCE OF BLOOD CULTURE TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SEPTICEMIA
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]A study of septicaemia was conducted in Enugu metropolis with a view to determine the relevance of blood culture to the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The subjects comprised of three hundred and fifty (350) children and adults of both sexes aged between one day to 70 years having clinical features suggestive of septicaemia, who were on admission at University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospitals (UNTH), Enugu. Their blood specimens were seeded into thioglycolateand glucose broths and incubated at 37 °C for 7 days. Subcultures were performed after 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 days respectively. G
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTIONBlood is normally sterile in healthy individuals. It is the main transport mechanism connecting all different parts of the body. As it serves as a transport system for oxygen, food materials, waste products and others round the body, it can also carry microbes (Eugene et al., 1998). However, it has no normal flora and the presence of microorganism in it indicates failure of the defence mechanisms to maintain its sterility. In many cases such a failure is transitory and of no clinical importance but in others, it is serious and life threatening. Lymphoid tissu ... Continue Reading
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]A study of septicaemia was conducted in Enugu metropolis with a view to determine the relevance of blood culture to the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The subjects comprised of three hundred and fifty (350) children and adults of both sexes aged between one day to 70 years having clinical features suggestive of septicaemia, who were on admission at University Of Nigeria Teaching Hospitals (UNTH), Enugu. Their blood specimens were seeded into thioglycolateand glucose broths and incubated at 37 °C for 7 days. Subcultures were performed after 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 days respectively. G
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