Classification of positive blood cultures: computer algorithms versus physicians' assessment--development of tools for surveillance of bloodstream infection prognosis using population-based laboratory databases.

Background: Information from blood cultures is utilized for infection control, public health surveillance, and clinical outcome research. This information can be enriched by physicians' assessments of positive blood cultures, which are, however, often available from selected patient groups or pathog...

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Publicado en:BMC Medical Research Methodology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 139 - 140
Autores principales: Gradel, Kim O, Knudsen, Jenny Dahl, Arpi, Magnus, Ostergaard, Christian, Schønheyder, Henrik C, Søgaard, Mette
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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