171. Gram-Positive Blood Culture Contamination Rates: A Comparative Assessment Between Verigene® and Conventional Method

BACKGROUND: The estimated cost of treatment for septicemia among hospitalized patients is $15.4 billion. Approximately 20%-50% of all positive blood cultures were likely false positives. The rates of the reported contaminations in the literature range from 0.6%-12.5%. The false positive report of ba...

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Autores principales: Almaghlouth, Nouf K, Motwani, Reena, Guevara, Roberto, Khalique, Umara, Alrahamneh, Hebah, Attia, Mohamed, Alrahamneh, Osaid A, Allokka, Mohamed, Alrahamneh, Zaid, Alfarargy, Arwa Y, Anyiam, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10678754/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.244

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