Usefulness of Blood Culture for Hospitalized Patients Who Are Receiving Antibiotic Therapy | Zendy

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Usefulness of Blood Culture for Hospitalized Patients Who Are Receiving Antibiotic Therapy

Author(s) -

Christopher Grace,

Jack Lieberman,

K. Pierce,

Benjamin Littenberg

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/320527

Subject(s) - medicine , blood culture , antibiotics , antibiotic therapy , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

We conducted a retrospective study to determine the yield of blood samples drawn for culture during the initial 72 h of antibiotic therapy given to 139 patients who were admitted to the hospital for community-acquired infections or fever. The yield of these blood cultures was predictable and rarely (in only 1 patient [0.72%]) isolated new pathogens.

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