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See Latest ArticlesPredicting Positive Blood Cultures in Patients Presenting with Pneumonia at an Emergency Department in Singapore
Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 06/26/09
Cham G et al. - Routine blood cultures yielded negative results in 94% of patients presenting with pneumonia. The development of the clinical scoring system is a first step towards selecting patients for whom blood cultures is performed and improve cost-effectiveness.
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