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1: Perspectives on the Art and Science of Blood Culture   1. Historical Perspectives on the Art and Science of Blood Culture  William Michael Dunne, Jr.  2. Conventional Blood Culture Methods  Robyn Atkinson-Dunn and William Michael Dunne, Jr.  3. Lysis-Centrifugation Methods of Blood Culture  Erin McElvania TeKippe and Morgan A. Pence  4. BACTEC Blood Culture Systems  Robin R. Chamberland  2: Modern Methods in Blood Culture  5. The BioMérieux BacT/ALERT: Automation at Last in the Black Box  Bradley Ford and George Kallstrom  6. TREK Blood Culture Systems  Neil W. Anderson and Melanie Yarbrough  7. Molecular Methods for Detection of Pathogens Directly from Blood Specimens  Mark D. Gonzalez and Robert C. Jerris  8. Pediatric Blood Cultures  Paula Revell and Christopher Doern  9. Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections  Allison R. McMullen, Craig B. Wilen, and Carey-Ann D. Burnham  10. Best Practices in Blood Cultures  Robert J. Tibbetts and Barbara Robinson-Dunn   11. Processing Positive Cultures  Matthew L. Faron and Nathan A. Ledeboer  12. Fungal and Mycobacterial Blood Cultures  Robert S. Liao and William Lainhart  4: New Developments in Blood Culture  13. The Bacterial Blood Microbiota/Microbiome  Eileen M. Burd and Lars F. Westblade