Blood cultures taken from patients attending emergency departments in South Africa are an important antibiotic stewardship tool, which directly influences patient management

BACKGROUND: Febrile illness with suspected blood stream infection (BSI) is a common reason for admission to hospital in Africa and blood cultures are therefore an important investigation. Data on the prevalence and causes of community acquired BSI in Africa are scarce and there are no studies from S...

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Autores principales: Boyles, Tom H., Davis, Kelly, Crede, Thomas, Malan, Jacques, Mendelson, Marc, Lesosky, Maia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26437651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1127-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26437651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1127-1

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