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Bloodstream infections, antibiotic resistance and the practice of blood culture sampling in Germany: study design of a Thuringia-wide prospective population-based study (AlertsNet)

INTRODUCTION: Bloodstream infections are a major cause of death worldwide; blood culture (BC) sampling remains the most important tool for their diagnosis. Current data suggest that BC rates in German hospitals are considerably lower than recommended; this points to shortfalls in the application of...

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Autores principales: Karch, André, Schmitz, Roland P, Rißner, Florian, Castell, Stefanie, Töpel, Sandra, Jakob, Matthias, Brunkhorst, Frank M, Mikolajczyk, Rafael T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4679894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26671957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009095