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Approach to Positive Blood Cultures in the Hospitalized Patient: A Review.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Enhancing blood culture volume with ultrathin-wall cannula devices.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2025Article
- Impact of Initial Specimen Diversion Technique on Blood Culture Contamination Rates.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025Article
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- A Review on Risk Factors, Traditional Diagnostic Techniques, and Biomarkers for Pneumonia Prognostication and Management in Diabetic Patients.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) as biomarkers of sepsis in burn patients via label-free Raman spectroscopy.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2024Article
- Clinical predictors of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: A healthcare system analysis.Spartan medical research journal · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Blood Culture Results in Patients with Malignancy in Erzurum Province, Turkey.Acta medica Lituanic · 2024Article
- Multicenter study to describe viral etiologies, clinical profiles, and outcomes of hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory infections, Egypt 2022.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Are multiple blood cultures advantageous for canine patients?Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2023Article
- Use of full blood count parameters and haematology cell ratios in screening for sepsis in South Africa.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
The use of blood cultures as a diagnostic tool has increased over the years along with improvements in techniques and results. The diagnostic dilemma arises when blood cultures are positive and there is possibility of contamination. Hence obtaining blood cultures in the appropriate setting and the interpretation of blood cultures by the hospitalist is imperative to the management of the hospitalized patient.
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