Elsa L Vazquez Melendez John J Farrell Andrea M Hujer Kristin S Lowery Rangarajan Sampath Robert A Bonomo
10.1186/1471-2253-14-107
BMC Anesthesiol
2014 Nov 22;14:107.
antimicrobial stewardship culture negative infection empyema pediatric infection
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25484623/
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis Empyema / drug therapy Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis Empyema / drug therapy Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy Case Reports Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Child, Preschool Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology Critical Illness Empyema / diagnosis Empyema / microbiology Female Humans Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / methods Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / methods Polymerase Chain Reaction Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods Streptococcal Infections / microbiology Streptococcus mitis / isolation & purification Viridans Streptococci / isolation & purification Anti-Bacterial Agents
PMC4258007
25484623
Culture negative empyema in a critically ill child: an opportunity for rapid molecular diagnostics
2014