Dual-site blood culture yield and time to positivity in neonatal late-onset sepsis.
Sarah A CogginsMary Catherine HarrisLakshmi SrinivasanPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2021)
Concurrently drawn peripheral and catheter BCx had similar yield. While a majority of episodes demonstrated dual-site BCx growth, a small but important minority of episodes grew virulent pathogens from either culture site alone. While dual-site culture practices may be useful, clinicians should balance the gain in sensitivity of bacteraemia detection against additive contamination risk.