Patient-specific risk factors contributing to blood culture contamination
Abstract Objective: Contaminated blood cultures result in extended hospital stays and unnecessary antibiotic therapy. Patient-specific factors associated with blood culture contamination remain largely unexplored. Identifying patients at higher risk of blood culture contamination could alert healt...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22000225/type/journal_article |