Several days later, however, a blood culture indicated that I had developed another infection.

Late the next day, the results of the blood culture came back.

"But then we're told they forgot to take a blood culture."

In three patients no infectious focus could be found, but blood cultures were positive.

The blood cultures were negative in most of the instances.

The two blood cultures were among roughly a dozen sent to the lab that day.

The blood culture was positive in three patients in the present study.

A blood culture is a test to find an infection in the blood.

But blood cultures taken the day of admission had not grown any bacteria.

For this reason, blood cultures must be drawn with great attention to sterile process.