Utility of Blood Cultures in Healthy Children with a History of Fever Presenting to the Emergency Department: A Comparison of Afebrile Versus Febrile on Presentation
Introduction:Blood cultures are often obtained from healthy paediatric patients with fever on presentation to the emergency department (ED). Although published guidelines and previous research outlined indications for obtaining blood culture and the relatively low risk of bacteraemia in vaccinated c...
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Main Authors: | Jeannette Dodson (Author), Mohamed Badawy (Author), McElvania Tekippe (Author), Halim Hennes (Author) |
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Galenos Yayinevi,
2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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