Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical Significance of Positive Blood Cultures in the Emergency Department: A Single-Center Study

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Farha Ahmed Payyanil Karlath · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Mehboob Rehan · Regional Health

Annie Geigor · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Michael J Mitchell · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Sami Arnaout · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Thomas C. Greenough · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Richard T. Ellison

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The improvements in clinical laboratory technology enable better discrimination of the relative pathogenicity of differing coagulase-negative staphylococci species.

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Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

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Published in: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volume 12, Issue 7, pp. ofaf352-ofaf352

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf352

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Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical Significance of Positive Blood Cultures in the Emergency Department: A Single-Center Study

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