Usefulness of blood culture for hospitalized patients who are receiving antibiotic therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
C J GraceB Littenberg

Abstract

We conducted a retrospective study to determine the yield of blood samples drawn for culture during the initial 72 h of antibiotic therapy given to 139 patients who were admitted to the hospital for community-acquired infections or fever. The yield of these blood cultures was predictable and rarely (in only 1 patient [0.72%]) isolated new pathogens.

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