Time to positivity of blood cultures in neonates.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
; 33(2): 212-4, 2014 Feb.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23995589
Blood culture reports in neonatal sepsis aid physician in either optimizing therapy or discontinuing antibiotics. We determined the time taken for neonatal blood cultures to become positive using the aerobic BacT/Alert system. Of 944 blood cultures from 816 neonates, 139 (14.7%) were positive. Growth of all definitive bacteria, 95% of possible bacteria and 84% of fungi were detected within 48 hours of incubation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Recién Nacido
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Bacteriemia
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Infect Dis J
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos