ANNUAL REPORT OF - STHK

delay to results (median 30 hours); expensive; 9% yield; 5% contamination rate; impacts treatment . in 1.5% cases; 20% will be missed if only 1 culture taken. In pneumonia: Blood culture: not needed if immunocompetent non-hospitalised community acquired . pneumonia; 1/500 change management; up to 14% +ive, mostly strep pneumoniae. Sputum ... ................
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