Determining Time to Positivity of Blood Cultures in a Neonatal Unit.
Ana Arias-FelipeJesús Ramírez-BerriosRaúl Recio-MartinezMaría de Los Ángeles Orellana-MiguelDiego Fontiveros-EscalonaElena Bergón-SendínConcepción de Alba-RomeroPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2022)
Blood cultures are the gold standard for detecting bacteremia. We have studied the time to positivity of blood cultures in our neonatal unit to reduce antibiotic doses in patients with a negative blood culture. Empirical antibiotic treatment of neonatal sepsis could be withdrawn 24 hours after obtaining blood cultures.