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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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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 |