Utility of anaerobic blood cultures in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 433-436

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a,c   Roosevelt, Genie E ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Bacteremia; Blood cultures

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 3242729308     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000132215.57976.99     Document Type: Review

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