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The Utility of Repeat Blood Cultures for Bacteremic Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Durations of Therapy

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common among hospitalized patients with 10–40% of cases complicated by bacteremia. Recent literature suggests limited utility in repeating blood cultures for non-Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia; however, clinicians often repeat blood cultures to docum...

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Autores principales: Sayood, Sena, Sutton, Jesse, Baures, Timothy, Spivak, Emily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631832/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.824