Detecting organisms in blood is a key determinant in sepsis management [
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- Kern W.V.
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Towards precision medicine in sepsis: a position paper from the European Society of
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Clin Microbiol Infect Off Publ Eur Soc Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018; 24: 1264-1272https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.03.011
[2]
]. Conway et al. [
[3]
] reported that blood cultures were performed in around one out of five adults admitted
to an internal medicine ward from the Emergency Department (ED) and almost one out
of five of these blood cultures were positive. Globally, 4.2% of the patients admitted
to the Internal Medicine ward had positive blood cultures taken at the ED and these
patients had worse outcomes, namely 30-day mortality and hospital length of stay.
Severity-of-illness at admission and comorbidities were major outcomes’ determinants
whereas the specific identified organism had limited impact.- Conway R.
- Byrne D.G.
- O'Riordan D.
- Silke B.
European Journal Intern Med Prognostic value of positive blood cultures and culture
results on outcomes in emergency medical admissions.
Eur J Intern Med Epub. 2022; (Dec 28) (accessed January 9, 2023)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2002.12.05
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Published online: January 19, 2023
Accepted:
January 16,
2023
Received:
January 10,
2023
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