TY - JOUR AU - Dittrich, Sabine AU - Card, Elizabeth AU - Phuklia, Weerawat AU - Rudgard, Williams AU - Silousok, Joy AU - Phoumin, Phonelavanh AU - Bouthasavong, Latsaniphone AU - Azarian, Sarah AU - Davong, Viengmon AU - Dance, David A.B. AU - Vongsouvath, Manivanh AU - Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone AU - Newton, Paul T1 - Survival and Growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Conventional Hemocultures T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 8 SP - 1460 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Orientia tsutsugamushi, which requires specialized facilities for culture, is a substantial cause of disease in Asia. We demonstrate that O. tsutsugamushi numbers increased for up to 5 days in conventional hemocultures. Performing such a culture step before molecular testing could increase the sensitivity of O. tsutsugamushi molecular diagnosis. KW - Orientia tsutsugamushi KW - hemoculture KW - blood culture KW - Rickettsia spp. KW - culture KW - molecular diagnostic KW - Lao KW - Laos KW - scrub typhus KW - diagnostic KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2208.151259 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/8/15-1259_article ER - End of Reference