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Predictors of Bacteraemia in Patients with Suspected Community-Acquired Pneumonia

INTRODUCTION: The diagnostic yield of blood cultures is limited in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Yet, positive blood culture results provide important information for antibiotic treatment and for monitoring epidemiologic trends. We investigated the potential of clinical predictor...

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Autores principales: van Werkhoven, Cornelis H., Huijts, Susanne M., Postma, Douwe F., Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik, Bonten, Marc J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4658054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26599636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143817