Open AccessClinical and Laboratory Potential Predictors of Blood Culture Positivity in Under Five Children with Clinically Severe Pneumonia - Khartoum -Sudan
Author(s) -
Karimeldin Mohamed Ali Salih,
El-Fatih El-Samani,
Jalal Ali Bilal,
Widad Eldouch,
Safaa A. Ibrahim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13771.6377
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pneumonia , blood culture , white blood cell , c reactive protein , complete blood count , logistic regression , gastroenterology , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , inflammation
Blood culture is necessary for appropriate management of clinically severe pneumonia in children under five years of age. However, in limited resource countries it might be unduly costly and waste of valuable time because of the high negative culture rate.