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J Clin Pathol 53:713-714 doi:10.1136/jcp.53.9.713

Survival of leptospires in commercial blood culture systems revisited

Table 3

Duration of viability of Leptospira interrogans strains in anaerobic blood culture systems

Vital BacT/Alert BACTEC
Serovar 30° 37° 30° 37° 30° 37°
–, No growth at 48 hr; hr, hours; wk, weeks.
L icterohaemorrhagiae 4 wk 48 hr
L hardjo 4 wk 48hr
L bataviae 4 wk 48 hr
L grippotyphosa 4 wk 48 hr

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