Impact of Blood Culture Contamination on Antibiotic Use, Resource Utilization, and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Dutch and US Hospitals.

Michiel SchinkelAnneroos BoermanKaren CarrollSara E CosgroveYea-Jen HsuEili KleinPrabath NanayakkaraRogier SchadeW Joost WiersingaValeria M Fabre

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)

BCC remains associated with higher inpatient AU and health care utilization as compared with patients with negative BC results, although the impact on these outcomes differs by country.

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