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3877910

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
The potential clinical value of quantitative blood cultures determined by a commercially available lysis-direct plating method was studied in 50 children with either Haemophilus influenzae or Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia. The magnitude of bacteremia correlated with the severity of the infection; patients with greater than or equal to 100 colony-forming units per milliliter were significantly more likely to have meningitis (P less than .01, chi 2 = 7.5). On the other hand, all patients with S. pneumoniae bacteremia with colony counts lower than 15 colony-forming units per milliliter had "occult bacteremia" with no focus of infection. The data suggest that patients with higher levels of bacteremia have more severe disease. Quantitative blood culture results may be helpful in identifying which children are at risk for invasive disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0031-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
901-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Routine quantitative blood cultures in children with Haemophilus influenzae or Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article