Time to positivity of neonatal blood cultures: Fast and furious?

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-453

  Guerti, Khadija ^a   Devos, Helena ^a   Ieven, Margareta M ^a   Mahieu, Ludo M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953019017     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.020651-0     Document Type: Article

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