Utility of Repeating Blood Cultures in Candidemia: Insights From 2 Large Clinical Data Repositories.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
We evaluated utility of repeating blood culture for candidemia using 2 electronic health record datasets. Among 1386 candidemia episodes, repeated blood culture detected 23% of episodes at Houston Methodist Hospital and 45% in Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV after the initial negative cultures. These findings support repeating blood cultures when candidemia is highly suspected.
Medical subject headings
- Candidemia
- Blood Culture