Interference of antibiotic therapy on blood cultures time-to-positivity: Analysis of a 5-year experience in an oncological hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Passerini, R ^a   Riggio, D ^a   Radice, D ^a   Bava, L ^a   Cassatella, C ^a   Salvatici, M ^a   Zorzino, L ^a   Sandri, M T ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149143158     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0594-3     Document Type: Article

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