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Increase of blood culture contamination during COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective descriptive study

BACKGROUND: Secondary bacterial infection during the care of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients poses risks to the patients, but there are concerns of an increase in blood culture contamination. METHODS: A retrospective comparative study was conducted from April 1 to December 31, 2020, whe...

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Autores principales: Ohki, Risa, Fukui, Yumiko, Morishita, Naomi, Iwata, Kentaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34464662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.025