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. 2022 Dec 5;11(11):510-513.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac084.

Determining Time to Positivity of Blood Cultures in a Neonatal Unit

Ana Arias-Felipe  1 , Jesús Ramírez-Berrios  1 , Raúl Recio-Martinez  2 , Maria Angeles Orellana-Miguel  2 , Diego Fontiveros-Escalona  3 , Elena Bergón-Sendín  3 , Concepción de Alba-Romero  3
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Determining Time to Positivity of Blood Cultures in a Neonatal Unit

Ana Arias-Felipe et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. .

Abstract

Blood cultures are the gold standard for detecting bacteremia. We have studied the time to positivity of blood cultures in our neonatal unit to reduce antibiotic doses in patients with a negative blood culture. Empirical antibiotic treatment of neonatal sepsis could be withdrawn 24 hours after obtaining blood cultures.

Keywords: antibiotic; cohort study; newborns; sepsis; time to positivity.

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