haemoculture

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

haemo- +‎ culture

Noun[edit]

haemoculture (plural haemocultures)

  1. Alternative form of hemoculture
    • 2015, Yves Carlier et al., “Congenital Chagas disease: an update”, in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz[1], volume 110, →DOI:
      After confirmation of infection in the mother, parasites have to be sought in the newborn from close-to-birth up to one month after birth using parasitological tests (e.g. micro-haematocrit, haemoculture) if resources exist in the health systems and/or by serological methods after eight months of age when maternal transferred IgG antibodies have disappeared.