Does this adult patient with suspected bacteremia require blood cultures?

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 502-511

  Coburn, Bryan ^a   Morris, Andrew M ^a,c   Tomlinson, George ^a,c   Detsky, Allan S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILLS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84864518463     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.8262     Document Type: Article

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