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Abstract
Clinical and laboratory evidence available to date suggests that the human liver,
unlike that of the dog, does not contain viable bacteria.
Thirty-nine liver biopsies and three portal vein blood samples were cultured under
aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Thirty-seven liver cultures were sterile. An aerobic
coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was recovered from liver cultures in two instances
and was thought, in both, to be a contaminant. All portal vein blood cultures were
sterile.
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Publication history
Received:
September 23,
1954
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© 1955 Published by Elsevier Inc.
