Association between Charlson Comorbidity Index and positive blood cultures at a tertiary-care hospital in Indonesia.

Blood culture (BC) tests are a scarce resource in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); therefore, prioritization based on likelihood of positive results might be beneficial. We aimed to determine whether comorbidities in the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) were associated with positive BC test...

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Main Authors: Patricia M Tauran, Mansyur Arif, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Marlieke E A de Kraker, Alexander M Aiken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004749
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