Blood cultures in the management of febrile outpatients later found to have bacteremia
Alario A, Nelson E, Shapiro E. Blood cultures in the management of febrile outpatients later found to have bacteremia. The Journal Of Pediatrics 1989, 115: 195-199. PMID: 2787855, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(89)80064-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood culturesPositive blood culturesFebrile outpatientsHaemophilus influenzae type bSerious focal infectionsEpisodes of bacteremiaCases of meningitisInfluenzae type bPersistent bacteremiaPersistent symptomsFocal complicationsFocal infectionOutpatientsStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacteremiaNeisseria meningitidisType BComplicationsPatientsChildrenMeningitisSymptomsInfectionCliniciansPneumoniae