Time to positivity of blood cultures supports early re-evaluation of empiric broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy

BACKGROUND: Blood cultures are considered the gold standard to distinguish bacteremia from non-bacteremic systemic inflammation. In current clinical practice, bacteraemia is considered unlikely if blood cultures have been negative for 48–72 hours. Modern BC systems have reduced this time-to-positivi...

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Autores principales: Lambregts, Merel M. C., Bernards, Alexandra T., van der Beek, Martha T., Visser, Leo G., de Boer, Mark G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6314566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30601829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208819

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6314566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30601829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208819

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