Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the role played by the patient's age and physician's experience in determining the contamination rate of pediatric blood cultures. Methods ...

Blood cultures were collected by ED nurses, according to standard procedures, using sterile technique. Blood was inoculated into pediatric blood culture bottles (Pedi-Bac T; bioMerieux ...

Blood samples were collected with all aseptic precautions for culture and sensitivity studies. Blood cultures were processed using the standard technique and the antibiotic sensitivity was ...

Samples were taken at the time of blood culture. IL-6 levels were determined by ELISA. The study group had a mean (SD) gestational age of 29.8 (3.6) weeks, and birth weight of 1361 (735 ...

‘Elizabethkingia miricola was isolated from three paediatric patients over a six ... What we were seeing was an increase. Your blood culture sample should be negative. You shouldn’t have ...