Blood cultures in newborns and children: Optimising an everyday test

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Buttery, J P ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036310544     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.87.1.f25     Document Type: Review

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