The impact of blood culture reporting and clinical liaison on the empiric treatment of bacteraemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1010-1012

  Cunney, R J ^a,b   McNamara, E B ^a   Alansari, N ^a   Loo, B ^a   Smyth, E G ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit; Bacteraemia; Blood culture; Clinical liaison; Cost effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031468374     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.12.1010     Document Type: Article

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