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Utility of Blood Culture in Uncomplicated Pneumonia in Children

BACKGROUND: It is believed to be the standard of care to obtain a blood culture in a child who is hospitalized for pneumonia. In recent years, many studies have questioned the utility of this practice in the presence of age appropriate immunization. We conducted this study to determine the current p...

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Autores principales: Mendoza-Paredes, Alberto, Bastos, Jorge, Leber, Mark, Erickson, Evelyn, Waseem, Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23641172
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMPed.S8051