Follow-up Blood Culture Practices for Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts at a Large Academic Medical Center | Zendy

Lauren Groft Buzzalino | Zendy; James Mease | Zendy; Ciera L Bernhardi | Zendy; Jacqueline Bork | Zendy; J. Kristie Johnson | Zendy; Kimberly C. Claeys | Zendy

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Follow-up Blood Culture Practices for Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts at a Large Academic Medical Center

Author(s) -

Lauren Groft Buzzalino,

James Mease,

Ciera L Bernhardi,

Jacqueline Bork,

J. Kristie Johnson,

Kimberly C. Claeys

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofac173

Subject(s) - medicine , bloodstream infection , blood culture , gram , bacteremia , intensive care medicine , immunology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics

The role of follow-up blood cultures (FUBC) in gram-negative (GN) bloodstream infections (BSI) to improve clinical outcomes remains controversial, especially among immunocompromised patients. Among 139 patients, FUBCs were common (117, 84.2%); however, positive FUBCs were rare (3, 2.6%). Only presence of fever was associated with positive FUBC.

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