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- Title
Do all Emergency Room Patients With Influenza-like Symptoms Need Blood Cultures? A Retrospective Cohort Study of 2 Annual Influenza Seasons.
- Authors
Ehrhard, Simone; Herren, Lukas; Ricklin, Meret E; Suter-Riniker, Franziska; Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K; Hautz, Wolf; Müller, Martin; Jent, Philipp
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
INFLUENZA; HOSPITAL emergency services; SYMPTOMS; COHORT analysis; BLOOD collection; H7N9 Influenza
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofae242