Repeating blood cultures in neutropenic children with persistent fevers when the initial blood culture is negative
Pediatric Blood & Cancer2012Vol. 60(6), pp. 923–927
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Abstract
In patients with febrile neutropenia, bacteremia is detected nearly twice as frequently in initial blood cultures than in repeat blood cultures obtained when the initial blood culture is negative. Despite an initial negative blood culture, bacteremia can be detected in more than 10% of episodes when a repeat blood culture is obtained. The risk more than doubles for patients with a previous history of bacteremia or hospitalized for more than 48 hours prior to the onset of fever.
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