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Infectious Diseases
Fastest performance of Gram stain (start-to-finish)[1]
Greatest number of bacterial species in a blood culture[2]
Greatest number of relapses of C. difficile colitis[3]
Greatest number of distinct episodes of bacteremia
        or fungemia in an individual[4]
Highest serum anti-E. histolytica antibody titer[4]
Highest serum anti-ehrlichial antiboby titer, IgG[5]
Highest serum anti-ehrlichial antiboby titer, IgM[5]
Highest serum coccidioidal complement fixation titer[6]
Highest cerebrospinal fluid cryptococcal antigen
        latex agglutination titer[7]
Highest serum anti-streptolysin O (ASO) titer[8]
Longest duration of symptoms
        due to actinobacillus endocarditis[9]
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  1. Stubbs, Thomas

  2. Southern, Paul M., Jr.

  3. Bartlett, John G.

  4. Smilack, Jerry D

  5. Riedo, Francis.

  6. Lavia, William

  7. Laidley, Tracy L.

  8. Vladutiu, Adrian O.

  9. Collazos, J.

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