Do Positive Anaerobic Culture Results Affect Physicians’ Clinical Management Decisions?
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Do Positive Anaerobic Culture Results Affect Physicians’ Clinical Management Decisions?
BACKGROUND Aerobic and anaerobic cultures from body fluids, abscesses, and wounds are ordered routinely. Prior studies have shown that the results of anaerobic blood cultures do not frequently lead to changes in patient management. METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review to determine whether positive results of anaerobic tissue and fluid cultures (excluding blood) affect physicians'...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Forum Infectious Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2328-8957
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw236