Routine use of anaerobic blood cultures: Are they still indicated?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 445-447

  Ortiz, Eduardo ^a   Sande, Merle A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 0034655232     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00410-6     Document Type: Article

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