The yield of blood cultures in a department of emergency medicine

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-97

  Stalnikowicz, R ^a   Block, C ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035378639     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200106000-00004     Document Type: Article

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