tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2024 Apr 30;11(5)
fae242.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae242. eCollection 2024 May. Do all Emergency Room Patients With Influenza-like Symptoms Need Blood Cultures? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2 Annual Influenza Seasons
Simone Ehrhard[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lukas Herren[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meret E Ricklin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Franziska Suter-Riniker[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aristomenis K Exadaktylos[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wolf Hautz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Martin Müller[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philipp Jent[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated risk factors for bacteremia in emergency department patients presenting with influenza-like symptoms during influenza epidemic seasons. In patients without fever, chronic heart or chronic liver disease, blood culture collection might be omitted.
Keywords: COVID-19; bacteremia; diagnostic stewardship; flu; influenza.
. 2024 Apr 30;11(5)
fae242.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae242. eCollection 2024 May. Do all Emergency Room Patients With Influenza-like Symptoms Need Blood Cultures? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2 Annual Influenza Seasons
Simone Ehrhard[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lukas Herren[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meret E Ricklin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Franziska Suter-Riniker[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Aristomenis K Exadaktylos[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wolf Hautz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Martin Müller[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Philipp Jent[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38770207
- PMCID: PMC11103619
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae242
In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated risk factors for bacteremia in emergency department patients presenting with influenza-like symptoms during influenza epidemic seasons. In patients without fever, chronic heart or chronic liver disease, blood culture collection might be omitted.
Keywords: COVID-19; bacteremia; diagnostic stewardship; flu; influenza.