Time-to-Positivity of Blood Cultures in Children With Sepsis

• Main Authors: Alexa Dierig (Author), Christoph Berger (Author), Philipp K. A. Agyeman (Author), Sara Bernhard-Stirnemann (Author), Eric Giannoni (Author), Martin Stocker (Author), Klara M. Posfay-Barbe (Author), Anita Niederer-Loher (Author), Christian R. Kahlert (Author), Alex Donas (Author), Paul Hasters (Author), Christa Relly (Author), Thomas Riedel (Author), Christoph Aebi (Author), Luregn J. Schlapbach (Author), Ulrich Heininger (Author), Swiss Pediatric Sepsis Study (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Blood cultures are essential for the diagnosis and further appropriate treatment in children with suspected sepsis. In most hospitals, children will be empirically treated or closely monitored for at least 48 h awaiting results of blood cultures. Several studies have challenged the optim...