How reliable is a negative blood culture result? Volume of blood submitted for culture in routine practice in a children's hospital

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 891-896

  Connell, Thomas G ^a,b   Rele, Mhisti ^a   Cowley, Donna ^a   Buttery, Jim P ^a,b   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood culture; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAFF TRAINING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 34248229209     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0440     Document Type: Article

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