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True Bacteremia or Contamination? Predictive Factors for Contamination in Blood Cultures Obtained in the Pediatric Emergency Room

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Aim:This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting bacteremia and contamination in patients admitted to the pediatric emergency room.Materials and Methods:This retrospective study focused on patients 1 month to 18 years of age who underwent blood ...
Emel Berksoy, Eda Karadağ Öncel, Şefika Bardak, Şule Demir, Sema Bozkaya Yılmaz, Gülşah Demir, Alper Çiçek, Nisel Yılmaz, Gamze Gökalp, Murat Anıl, Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan   +10 more
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The importance of blood culture and serology for Brucellosis diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018
Introduction: Brucellosis is a zoonotic endemic disease in Lebanon. It is caused by direct transmission of Brucella from contaminated animal products to humans.
Lama Faddoul, Rania Azar, Antoine Haddad, Abi Hanna   +3 more
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Rapid Detection of PBP2a in Staphylococci from Shortly Incubated Subcultures of Positive Blood Cultures by an Immunochromatographic Assay

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
Staphylococcus aureus, as well as coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), can cause a wide range of human infections both in nosocomial and community settings.
Natalia Kolesnik-Goldmann, Elias Bodendoerfer, Kim Röthlin, Sebastian Herren, Frank Imkamp, Martina Marchesi, Stefano Mancini   +6 more
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Accuracy of Broad-Panel PCR-Based Bacterial Identification for Blood Cultures in a Pediatric Oncology Population

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
Bloodstream infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and result in significant costs to health care systems. Rapid identification of the causative agent of bloodstream infections is critical for patient treatment and improved outcomes ...
C. D. Garner, J. Brazelton de Cardenas, S. Suganda, R. T. Hayden   +3 more
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Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Clinical Blood Culture Isolates Not Identified by a Rapid Microarray Diagnostic System

Microbiology Spectrum, 2021
The use of molecular-based diagnostic testing, such as the Luminex Verigene system, to rapidly identify the most common bacterial isolates from blood cultures is an important tool that reduces the duration of inappropriate antibiotics and decreases ...
Jeffrey A. Freiberg, Connor R. Deri, Whitney J. Nesbitt, Romney M. Humphries, George E. Nelson   +4 more
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Clinical and Laboratory Potential Predictors of Blood Culture Positivity in Under Five Children with Clinically Severe Pneumonia - Khartoum -Sudan [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Blood culture is necessary for appropriate management of clinically severe pneumonia in children under five years of age. However, in limited resource countries it might be unduly costly and waste of valuable time because of the high ...
Karimeldin Mohamed Ali Salih, El-Fatih El-Samani, Jalal Ali Bilal, Widad Eldouch, Salah Ahmed Ibrahim   +4 more
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The potential utility of real-time PCR of the 16S-rRNA gene in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the 16S rRNA gene in diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and compare it with conventional blood culture.
Kenan İstanbullu, Nilgün Köksal, Merih Çetinkaya, Hilal Özkan, Tahsin Yakut, Mutlu Karkucak, Haldun Doğan   +6 more
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Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Neonatal Septicemia in a Tertiary Hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2022
Neonatal septicemia is a major cause of infection and mortality in neonates. Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection, particularly bacteremia, diagnosed by the presence of microorganisms in blood via microbiological culture tests during the first
Saurabh Chhotalal Gamit, Rachana Dhirubhai Patel, Himani Bhardwaj Pandya, Sucheta Jitendra Lakhani   +3 more
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Effectiveness of multidisciplinary interventions to improve blood culture efficiency and optimize antimicrobial utilization

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe low positive rate of blood cultures often leads to downstream consequences. We present a summary of multidisciplinary interventions implemented by a tertiary referral hospital to improve blood culture efficiency and optimize antimicrobial ...
Zihuan Li, Keqi Hu, Tian Wang, Baohong Liu, Wen Zheng, Jianqun Zhou, Ting Fan, Maorui Lin, Guanwen Lin, Sujuan Li, Cuiqiong Fan   +10 more
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Classical Microbiological Diagnostics of Bacteremia: Are the Negative Results Really Negative? What is the Laboratory Result Telling Us About the “Gold Standard”?

Microorganisms, 2020
Standard blood cultures require at least 24−120 h to be reported as preliminary positive. The objective of this study was to compare the reliability of Gram staining and fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting bacteria in otherwise ...
Tomasz Źródłowski, Joanna Sobońska, Dominika Salamon, Isabel M. McFarlane, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Tomasz Gosiewski   +5 more
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