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Duration of incubation of fungal cultures
A J Morris1, T C Byrne, J F Madden
1Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
To determine the optimum duration of incubation for recovery of fungi, the results of 2,173 consecutive clinical cultures were reviewed. Overall, 94% of fungal isolates were detected by day 7 and 98% were detected by day 14. Yeasts were usually (98%) detected within the first week of incubation. Recovery of molds required more time, but 81% were detected by day 7 and more than 96% were detected by day 14.