Bacteria in blood smears: Overwhelming sepsis or trivial contamination

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 220-223

  Van Der Meer, Wim ^a   Verwiel, J M M ^a   Gidding, C E M ^a   De Metz, M ^b   De Keijzer, M H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blood smears; Contamination; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BITES AND STINGS; BLOOD; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036281508     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058318     Document Type: Article

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