title: Laboratory detection of anaerobic bacteremia.
abstract: The possibility that mycobacteria may be found in blood cultures is a relatively recent discovery. Immunocompromised patients, especially those with advanced HIV infection, are often mycobacteremic with Mycobacterium tuberculosis or M. avium complex. Laboratory methods provide sensitive detection options for these pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Division of Laboratory Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans