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Value of Blood Cultures in the Management of Children Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Background and objectives Current guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children recommend obtaining a blood culture for children with moderate to severe pneumonia; yet, there is no guidance to assess the severity of the disease. Thus, a blood culture is obtained for...

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Autores principales: Youssef, Ahmed S, Fanous, Mina, Siddiqui, Faisal J, Estrada, Jorge, Chorny, Valeriy, Braiman, Melvyn, Mayer, Erick F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32582483
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8222