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Clinical condition and comorbidity as determinants for blood culture positivity in patients with skin and soft-tissue infections

The utility of performing blood cultures in patients with a suspected skin infection is debated. We investigated the association between blood culture positivity rates and patients’ clinical condition, including acute disease severity and comorbidity. We performed a retrospective study, including pa...

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Autores principales: van Daalen, F. V., Kallen, M. C., van den Bosch, C. M. A., Hulscher, M. E. J. L., Geerlings, S. E., Prins, J. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28589426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-017-3001-0