ReviewRevista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia2022
Unresolved issues in the epidemiology and diagnosis of bacteremia: an opinion paper.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Antibiotic treatment for 7 days versus 14 days in patients with uncomplicated bloodstream infections: a Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and trial sequential analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Derivation and validation of a new prediction score for bacteremia in the emergency department.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on the distribution and drug resistance of pathogens in patients with bloodstream infection.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the quickmic system in the rapid diagnosis of Gram-negative bacilli bacteremia.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- The Yield of One vs. Two Blood Cultures in Children: Under-Detection and Over-Testing.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Improved profitability and indications for blood culture extraction in emergency departments: another step forward].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023Article
- Models for bacteraemia risk prediction. Clinical implications.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2022Review
- Diagnostic performance of the time to positivity of blood cultures to distinguish true bacteremia from contaminants based on an automated system.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publicaArticle
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Abstract
Bacteremia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and, despite the diagnostic and therapeutic advances of the last decades, the evidence supporting many diagnostic aspects of bacteremia is scarce. Information on the epidemiological evolution of this entity is limited and many methodological aspects of blood culture collection and analysis are under discussion. Furthermore, the recommendations of the main scientific societies on many of these aspects are variable and, in many cases, have not been updated recently. In this scenario, we have arranged a series of questions on different aspects of bacteremia and reviewed the literature trying to find proper answers for them. We offer our opinion on the topics where the evidence was weak. The topics covered include epidemiological aspects of bacteremia, indications for blood culture extraction, methods for obtaining and incubating samples, or ways of transmitting results from the microbiology laboratory. We do not intend to summarize the current clinical practice guidelines, nor will we deal with the therapeutic management of this entity. The aim of this paper is to review the current perspective on the diagnosis of bacteremia with a critical approach, to point out the gaps in the literature, to offer the opinion of a team dedicated to infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, and to identify some areas of knowledge on which future studies should focus.
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