Low Yield, High Costs: The Futility of Blood Cultures in Pneumonia
Chest
.
2020 Sep;158(3):1284.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.014.
Authors
Lars C Huber
1
,
Adrian Schibli
2
Affiliations
1
Department of Internal Medicine City Hospital Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address:
[email protected]
.
2
Department of Internal Medicine City Hospital Triemli, Zurich, Switzerland.
PMID:
32892865
DOI:
10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.014
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Bacteremia*
Blood Culture
Community-Acquired Infections*
Humans
Medical Futility
Pneumonia* / diagnosis