Blood cultures in the evaluation of uncomplicated skin and soft tissue infections

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 454-459

  Malone, Jay R ^a   Durica, Sarah R ^a   Thompson, David M ^a   Bogie, Amanda ^a   Naifeh, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Adolescent; Bacteremia; Blood; Blood specimen collection; Cellulitis; Child; Culture; Infant

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BURN; CELLULITIS; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULCER; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CULTURE; INFANT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OKLAHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84884567929     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1384     Document Type: Article

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