Role of multiple site blood cultures to document the clearance of bacteremia in neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-102

  Sarkar, S ^a   Bhagat, I ^b,c   Wiswell, T E ^b,d   Spitzer, A R ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Toledo Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHLEBOTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 33846709570     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211636     Document Type: Article

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