Do all Emergency Room Patients With Influenza-like Symptoms Need Blood Cultures? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2 Annual Influenza Seasons.
Simone EhrhardLukas HerrenMeret E RicklinFranziska Suter-RinikerAristomenis K ExadaktylosWolf HautzMartin MüllerPhilipp JentPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
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.