Journal article
Impact of a false positive blood culture result on the management of febrile children
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a preliminary positive blood culture result, subsequently confirmed to be a false positive blood culture result on rate of hospitalization, antibiotic therapy and use of microbiologic tests.
DESIGN: Retrospective chart review.
Authors
THULER* LCS; JENICEK M; TURGEON JP; RIVARD M; LEBEL P; LEBEL MH
Journal
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Vol. 16, No. 9, pp. 846–851
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 1997
DOI
10.1097/00006454-199709000-00006
ISSN
0891-3668