Weitzel, ThomasPorte, Lorena2022-03-282022-03-282021Weitzel T, Porte L. Plasmodium falciparum and blood cultures: 'rings' a bell? Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Oct 1:S1198-743X(21)00548-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.09.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34601150.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2021.09.024http://hdl.handle.net/11447/5835The phenomenon of ‘false’ positive growth triggered by malaria parasites in automated blood culture systems has been reported before in falciparum malaria patients with parasitaemias of 1.8% a 10%. In these reports, aerobic or anaerobic blood cultures were positive after 12 a 42 hours; in our case, probably because of the higher parasite density, the detection time was significantly shorter.enBlood cultureDiagnosisGram stainMalariaPlasmodium falciparumArticle