Late positive blood cultures in leptospiroses (report of four cases).
Leptospirosis in Tahiti was studied during 1981. 42 cases were detected by positive blood cultures grown in Stuart's medium. The present paper describes the isolation of leptospira from the blood of four cases 30 days after the date of onset.
D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors