Effect of Blood Culture Contamination on Antibiotic Use in an Institution With Rapid Laboratory Methods and Phone-Based Clinical Follow-up of Blood Culture Results

In a multivariate analysis of 30 574 blood culture (BC) results, BC contamination was associated with only a small increase in antibiotic length of therapy compared to no-growth BCs (difference, 0.36 days [95% confidence interval, .05–.67]; P = .02). Stewardship processes at our institution appear t...

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Autores principales: Bloomfield, Max G, O’Connor, Michael J Q, Balm, Michelle N D, Blackmore, Tim K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac529

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9605699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36320197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac529

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