To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield.
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SUBMITTER: Fabre V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9614788 | biostudies-literature | 2022
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To wait or not to wait: Optimal time interval between the first and second blood-culture sets to maximize blood-culture yield.
Fabre Valeria V Jones George F GF Hsu Yea-Jen YJ Carroll Karen C KC Cosgrove Sara E SE
Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE 20220325 1
The optimal timing of blood culture (BCx) sets collection has not been evaluated with continuous BCx detection systems. The yield of BCx was similar between short intervals (median, 3 minutes) and longer intervals (median, 16 or 43 minutes) among 5,856 BCx, except for improved polymicrobial bacteremia detection with long-interval BCx. ...[more]
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