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What tha show all bacterial infection show in blood culture (fever investigation) for example tonsillitis?

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Dr. Stuart Hickersonanswered

Family Medicine 34 years experience

Culture: A Blood cuture will identify bacteria in your blood stream. The likelyhood of a positive culture increases with temperature

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Dr. Jovita Anyanwuanswered

Internal Medicine 32 years experience

Blood culture: Will only show bacterial that has disseminated hemategenously. Localised bacterial infections do not show up in the blood like pharyngitis, abcess, tonsilitis,pneumonia, UTi unless bacteremia or sepsis is present

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