Background Blood cultures are considered the gold standard to distinguish bacteremia from
non-bacteremic systemic inflammation. In current clinical practice, bacteraemia is …

The performance of blood cultures (BCs) relies on optimal sampling. Sepsis guidelines do
not specify which sampling protocol to use but recommend two sets of BC bottles, each set …

Blood stream infections rank among the top seven causes of death of the general
population. The aim of our study was to better understand the epidemiology of BSI in order …

Background From a stewardship perspective it is recommended that antibiotic guidelines
are adjusted to the local setting, accounting for the local epidemiology of pathogens. In …

Background: Blood culture contamination results in delayed or unnecessary treatments,
increased morbidity risk, extended lengths of hospital stay, and increased health care costs …

Objectives (i) To determine the influence of specimen collection protocol (timing and
specimen quantity), primary disease process, and pre-existing antimicrobial or …

目的比较新型抗菌药物吸附材料血培养瓶与活性炭吸附材料血培养瓶病原体检出能力的差异.
方法根据中山大学肿瘤防治中心常见病原菌分布情况, 收集菌谱分离比例居前的临床菌株和 …

Background In the neurosurgical patient community, infection rate depends on the severity
of neurological injuries at the time of presentation, which is measured by the Glasgow coma …

Background Although the principles for blood cultures (BCs) guidelines provide a
recommendation for collection patterns, the complexity of clinical practice occasionally …

16 Antimicrobial non-resistance rates of Escherichia coli. 118 17 Antimicrobial non-
resistance rates of Klebsiella pneumoniae. 121 18 Antimicrobial non-resistance rates of …