Bacteremia Detection in Second or Subsequent Blood Cultures Among Hospitalized Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Zanella, Marie-Céline; de Lorenzi-Tognon, Mikaël; Fischer, Adrien; Vernaz, Nathalie; Schrenzel, Jacques · JAMA Netw Open · 2022

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

This cohort study assesses the likelihood of detecting microbiological positivity or bacteremia in second or subsequent blood cultures among hospitalized patients while the first culture is still incubating after 24 hours.

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