The value of blood culture audits at peripheral hospitals

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 224-225

  Kenyon, Chris R ^a   Fatti, Geoff ^b   Schrueder, Neshaad ^a   Bonorchis, Kim ^c   Meintjes, Graeme ^a,d,e  

^a GF Jooste Hospital   (South Africa)

^b Kheth'Impilo   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WARD;

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859205436     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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