Strategies for increasing diagnostic yield of community-onset bacteraemia within the emergency department: A retrospective study.

Strategies for increasing diagnostic yield of community-onset bacteraemia within the emergency department: A retrospective study.

Bloodstream infections (BSI) are associated with high mortality. Therefore, reliable methods of detection are of paramount importance. Efficient strategies to improve diagnostic yield of bacteraemia within the emergency department (ED) are needed. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all ED enco...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Rothe, Christoph D Spinner, Armin Ott, Christiane Querbach, Michael Dommasch, Cassandra Aldrich, Friedemann Gebhardt, Jochen Schneider, Roland M Schmid, Dirk H Busch, Juri Katchanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222545

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