Timing of specimen collection for blood cultures from febrile patients with bacteremia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1381-1385

  Riedel, Stefan ^a   Bourbeau, Paul ^b   Swartz, Brandi ^b   Brecher, Steven ^c   Carroll, Karen C ^d   Stamper, Paul D ^d   Dunne, W Michael ^e   McCardle, Timothy ^e   Walk, Nathan ^e   Fiebelkorn, Kristin ^f   Sewell, David ^g   Richter, Sandra S ^a   Beekmann, Susan ^a   Doern, Gary V ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YEAST; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449161060     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02033-07     Document Type: Article

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