Blood cultures in newborns and children: optimising an everyday test

Effective use of blood cultures is a key component of the management of septic newborns and children. The technical and practical aspects of paediatric practice and the heightened susceptibility of children to infection because of immunological immaturity make automatic extrapolation of adult data d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 2002-07, Vol.87 (1), p.F25-F28
1. Verfasser:	Buttery, J P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adults Analysis and chemistry Antibiotics bacteraemia Bacteremia - blood Bacteremia - diagnosis Bacteriological Techniques - methods Bacteriological Techniques - standards Biological and medical sciences Blood blood cultures Care and treatment Child Children Children & youth Culture Media Diseases E coli False Positive Reactions Hematology Humans Infection Infection in children Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Medical sciences microbiology Newborn babies Organisms Pathogens Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques Professional Practice Review Sensitivity and Specificity Sepsis Streptococcus infections Time Factors Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	Effective use of blood cultures is a key component of the management of septic newborns and children. The technical and practical aspects of paediatric practice and the heightened susceptibility of children to infection because of immunological immaturity make automatic extrapolation of adult data difficult and potentially unfounded.
ISSN:	1359-2998 1468-2052
DOI:	10.1136/fn.87.1.F25