Humicola sp. as a Cause of Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis.

Peritoneal dialysis is the renal replacement modality used by ∼20% of patients with end-stage kidney disease (S. McDonald, P. Clayton, and K.

A hospital-wide study of the impact of introducing a personal data assistant-augmented blood culture round.

Blood culture is the cornerstone of an established aetiological diagnosis of septicaemia. The automated blood culture systems used for this purpose have changed little in the last decade, and the clinical value of results depends on a variety of factors, including pre- and post-analytical variables. Growing scepticism over the value of blood culture results and pressure for the introduction of molecular detection systems have prompted a critical path analysis of pre-, peri- and post-analytical stages in the generation of positive blood culture results.