Bloodstream Infections: A Trial of the Impact of Different Methods of Reporting Positive Blood Culture Results
Open Access
- 15 October 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 39 (8), 1161-1169
- https://doi.org/10.1086/424520
Abstract
Background. The impact of how positive blood culture results are reported on the evolution bloodstream infections (BSIs) has not been assessed.MethodKeywords
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