High Yield of Blood Cultures in the Etiologic Diagnosis of Cellulitis, Erysipelas, and Cutaneous Abscess in Elderly Patients

BACKGROUND: Cellulitis is a common disease in the elderly, and detecting etiologic organisms with blood cultures is difficult because of the low positive rate and occasional skin contamination. Therefore, routine blood cultures are not recommended for uncomplicated cellulitis. However, it is unclear...

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Autores principales: Taniguchi, Tomohiro, Tsuha, Sanefumi, Shiiki, Soichi, Narita, Masashi, Teruya, Mariko, Hachiman, Teruyuki, Kogachi, Noriyasu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35899281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac317

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35899281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac317

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