Diagnostic Performance of Blood Culture Bottles for Abscess Culture in Patient with Abdominal Soft Tissue Abscess
Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
;
: 118-123, 2021.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-903144
ABSTRACT
Culture tests are very important in choosing the appropriate antibiotics for bacterial infections. In some cases, bacteria that could not be identified in standard culture bottles could be detected using blood culture bottles. A previously healthy 13-year-old boy visited our emergency room. He experienced pain, redness, and hardness of periumbilical skin and a fever for five days. There was no history of abdominal surgery and penetrating trauma.Computed tomography showed abscess with cellulitis at the periumbilical soft tissue with no congenital anomaly. Ultrasonography-guided aspiration was performed, and about 8.5 mL of the purulent abscess was aspirated. The abscess was cultured using blood culture bottle. The pus grew Actinomyces radingae and Clostridium ramosum. When performing the pus culture, using blood culture bottles can be more effective and rapid than the standard culture method for the detection of bacterial pathogens.
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English
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Pediatric Infection & Vaccine
Year:
2021
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