The aim of this narrative review is to examine available evidence about the diagnostic yielding of the follow-up blood cultures (FU-BCs) in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection (GN-BSI), the predictors of persistent GN-BSI, and the impact of the performance of FU-BCs on patient management and clinical outcome.
Follow-up blood culture in Gram-negative bacilli bacteraemia: for whom is follow-up blood culture useful? / Giannella, Maddalena; Pascale, Renato; Viale, Pierluigi. - In: CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 0951-7375. - ELETTRONICO. - Publish Ahead of Print:(2022), pp. 1-2. [10.1097/QCO.0000000000000865]
Follow-up blood culture in Gram-negative bacilli bacteraemia: for whom is follow-up blood culture useful?
Giannella, Maddalena;Pascale, Renato
;Viale, Pierluigi
2022
Abstract
The aim of this narrative review is to examine available evidence about the diagnostic yielding of the follow-up blood cultures (FU-BCs) in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection (GN-BSI), the predictors of persistent GN-BSI, and the impact of the performance of FU-BCs on patient management and clinical outcome.File in questo prodotto:
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