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Independent influence of negative blood cultures and bloodstream infections on in-hospital mortality

BACKGROUND: The independent influence of blood culture testing and bloodstream infection (BSI) on hospital mortality is unclear. METHODS: We included all adults treated in non-psychiatric services at our hospital between 2004 and 2011. We identified all blood cultures and their results to determine...

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Autores principales: van Walraven, Carl, Wong, Jenna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24444097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-36