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Use and Quality of Blood Cultures for the Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Ho Teaching Hospital, Ghana, 2019–2021

Blood Culture and Drug Susceptibility Testing (CDST) remains vital for the diagnosis and management of bloodstream infections (BSIs). While the Ghana National Standard Treatment Guidelines require CDST to be performed in each case of suspected or clinically diagnosed BSI, these are poorly adhered to...

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Autores principales:	Boakye-Yiadom, Emily, Najjemba, Robinah, Thekkur, Pruthu, Labi, Appiah-Korang, Gil-Cuesta, Julita, Asafo-Adjei, Karikari, Mensah, Prosper, van Boetzelaer, Elburg, Jessani, Nasreen S., Orish, Verner Ndudri
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2023
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37681771 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20176631

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