Optimizing blood culture practices in pediatric immunocompromised patients: Evaluation of media types and blood culture volume

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-552

  Gaur, Aditya H ^a,b   Giannini, Mary Anne ^a   Flynn, Patricia M ^a,b   Boudreaux, Jan W ^a   Mestemacher, Mark A ^a   Shenep, Jerry L ^b   Hayden, Randall T ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Immunocompromised; Methods; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038540283     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000069762.44241.0d     Document Type: Article

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