Survival and Growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in Conventional Hemocultures
Sabine Dittrich
, Elizabeth Card, Weerawat Phuklia, Williams E. Rudgard, Joy Silousok, Phonelavanh Phoumin, Latsaniphone Bouthasavong, Sarah Azarian, Viengmon Davong, David A.B. Dance, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, and Paul N. Newton
Author affiliations: Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos (S. Dittrich, E. Card, W. Phuklia, W.E. Rudgard, J. Silousok, P. Phoumin, L. Bouthasavong, S. Azarian, V. Davong, D.A.B. Dance, M. Vongsouvath, R. Phetsouvanh, P.N. Newton); Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health–University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (S. Dittrick, D.A.B. Dance, R. Phetsouvanh, P.N. Newton); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom (W.E. Rudgard, S. Azarian, P.N. Newton)
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Figure. Growth curve of Orientia tsutsugamushi in hemoculture bottles from individual patients, Ventiane, Laos, 2014. The increase in bacterial numbers is represented as bacterial multiplication factor and plotted on a log2 axis. Patient codes in key match those listed in the Table.
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