Cost-Effectiveness of Blood Cultures for Adult Patients with Cellulitis.

Autor: Perl, Bezalel, Gottehrer, Nathan P., Raveh, David, Schlesinger, Yechiel, Rudensky, Bernard, Yinnon, Amos M.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 12/1/1999, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p1483, 6p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: Assesses the cost-effectiveness of blood cultures for adult patients with cellulitis. Cost of laboratory workup; Microorganisms isolated from cultures of blood specimens; Effect of the isolation of streptococci on a change from empirical treatment with cefazolin to penicillin therapy; Impact of the yield of blood cultures on clinical management.
Databáze: Complementary Index