Blood Cultures in Ambulatory Patients Who Are Discharged from Emergency with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

OBJECTIVES: To determine the factors that predict whether or not ambulatory patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) treated in an emergency room (ER) setting will have blood cultures drawn and the factors that predict a positive blood culture.

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Main Author: Thomas J Marrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/530645
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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title_short Blood Cultures in Ambulatory Patients Who Are Discharged from Emergency with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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