Background Clinical guidelines recommend blood cultures for patients suspected with
sepsis and bacteremia. Sepsis-3 task force introduced the new definition of sepsis in 2016; …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a communicable disease caused by the SARS-
corona virus which has a high potential for transmission through personal contact (1) …

We aimed to determine whether puncture sites for blood sampling and topical disinfectants
are associated with rates of contaminated blood cultures in the emergency department (ED) …

Benefit of follow-up blood cultures (FUBC) in cancer patients with gram-negative bacteremia
(GNB) is unknown. Multicenter, retrospective review was performed in adult cancer patients …

Blood cultures are among the most important specimen types received and processed by
the microbiology laboratory. Several publications list which variables should be measured to …

Blood cultures are indispensable for detecting life-threatening bacteremia. Little is known
about associations between contamination rates and topical disinfectants for blood …

目的: 检索, 评价和整合儿童血流感染患儿血培养采集的最佳实践证据. 方法: 按照6S 模型,
检索BMJ best practice, UpToDate, 英国国家卫生与临床优化研究所指南网(NICE Guidance) …

We aimed to determine the incidence of bacteremia and prognostic effects of prompt
administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy (AAT) on nontraumatic out-of-hospital …

The human blood is considered to be sterile under normal and healthy conditions. Due to
acute localized or systemic infections, microorganisms can enter the bloodstream through …

Aim: Bloodstream infections are a major cause of mortality, 25% of which are associated
with gram-negative bacteremia. To avoid the inappropriate use of antibiotics, it is important …