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2172. True Positivity of Common Blood Culture Contaminants among Pediatric Hospitalizations in the United States, 2009–2016

BACKGROUND: Distinguishing blood culture (BC) results between common contaminants (CC) and truly pathogenic organisms can be challenging, especially among pediatric patients, but is important for effective clinical care. However, no recent studies have analyzed the true positivity of common BC conta...

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Autores principales: Spaulding, Alicen B, Watson, David, Dreyfus, Jill, Heaton, Phillip, Kharbanda, Anupam
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/PMC6810439/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1852