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2080. Impact of an Emergency Department Post-discharge Blood Culture Follow-up Program

BACKGROUND: Blood cultures are the gold standard in the identification of laboratory confirmed bloodstream infections (LCBI) but contamination can lead to unnecessary interventions. This study sought to assess the number of unwarranted admissions in patients with contaminated blood cultures post-dis...

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Autores principales: Vazquez Deida, Axel, Salazar, Veronica, Lee, Lilly, Abbo, Lilian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808942/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1760