Multi-institutional retrospective study investigating blood culture protocols and test positivity in 701 dogs
Andrzej J. Ogrodny,
Rinosh Mani,
Sarah M. Schmid
et al.
Abstract:Objectives(i) To determine the influence of specimen collection protocol (timing and specimen quantity), primary disease process, and pre-existing antimicrobial or immunosuppressive therapy on blood culture (BC) positivity and (ii) To determine agreement between urine culture and BC results.Animals701 client-owned dogs.MethodsMulti-institutional retrospective study (2019–2022). Mixed-effect logistic regression was used to determine whether primary disease process, the number of BCs, or the timing of specimen c… Show more
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