Development and validation of a risk score for predicting positivity of blood cultures and mortality in patients with bacteremia and fungemia.

Felipe Francisco Tuon João Paulo Marochi Telles Juliette Cieslinski Marilia Burdini BorghiRaquel Zanella BertoldoVictoria Stadler Tasca Ribeiro

Published in: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] (2021)

Prolonged hospitalization, body temperature, and elevated heart rate were related to positive blood cultures. The Pitt score can be used to assess the risk of death; however it can be individualized according to the epidemiology of each hospital.

Keyphrases

heart rate
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blood pressure
risk factors
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