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Appropriateness of blood culture: A comparison of practices between the emergency department and general wards

Ellie Choi, Yet Hong Chia, Yun Qing Koh, Celestine Zi Qian Lim, Jia Chen Lim, Shirley Beng Suat Ooi, Irwani Ibrahim, Win Sen Kuan

Infection Disease & Health · 2018 · 13 citations · 24 references

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Contaminant Blood Cultures and Resource Utilization

David W. Bates · JAMA · 1991 · 549 citations

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Who Needs a Blood Culture? A Prospectively Derived and Validated Prediction Rule

Nathan I. Shapiro, Richard E. Wolfe, Sharon B. Wright et al. · Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2008 · 272 citations

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Predicting Bacteremia in Hospitalized Patients

David W. Bates · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1990 · 271 citations

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Multiplex real-time PCR and blood culture for identification of bloodstream pathogens in patients with suspected sepsis

Henrik Westh, Gorm Lisby, Franck Breysse et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2009 · 228 citations · Full text

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Trends in Blood Culture Contamination: A College of American Pathologists Q-Tracks Study of 356 Institutions

Leonas G. Bekeris, Joseph A. Tworek, Molly K. Walsh et al. · Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · 2005 · 202 citations

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