The characteristics of bacteremia among patients with acute febrile illness requiring hospitalization in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: Blood culturing remains the "gold standard" for bloodstream infection (BSI) diagnosis, but the method is inaccessible to many developing countries due to high costs and insufficient resources. To better understand the utility of blood cultures among patients in Indonesia, a country where blood cultures are not routinely performed, we evaluated data from a previous cohort study that included blood cultures for all participants. An acute febrile illness study was conducted from July 2013 to June 2016 at eight major hospitals in seven provincial capitals in Indonesia. All participants presented with a fever, and two-sided aerobic blood cultures were performed within 48 hours of hospital admission. Positive cultures were further assessed for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns. Specimens f

SUBMITTER: Soedarmono P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9455855 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature