Decreasing the use of anaerobic culture bottles in selected febrile patients - Is it reasonable?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 485-488

  Ciobutaro, Pnina ^a   Lishner, Michael ^a   Kilman, Avi ^a   Maayan, Moshe ^a   Hovers, Michal ^a,b   Kitay Cohen, Yona ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaerobic culture; Fever; Medical patients

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; WARD;

EID: 27744455272     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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