Time to positivity of blood cultures in neonatal late-onset bacteraemia.
Sagori MukhopadhyaySara M BrikerDustin Daniel FlanneryMiren B DhudasiaSarah A CogginsEmily WoodfordEileen M WalshSherian LiKaren M PuopoloMichael W KuzniewiczPublished in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2022)
Empiric antibiotic administration in late-onset infection evaluations (not targeting CoNS) can be stopped at 36 hours. Longer durations (48 hours) should be considered when there is pretreatment or antibiotic therapy is directed at CoNS.