Impact of blood culture positivity on clinical outcomes in sepsis: a prospective observational study
Although blood culture-positive sepsis was associated with higher disease severity at presentation, it did not result in increased 30-day mortality. These findings suggest that bacteremia alone does not determine sepsis outcomes, and culture-negative sepsis should be managed with equal clinical urgency.
Authors
- Naresh Kumar Midha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5673-890X)
- Durga Shankar Meena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9524-5278)
- Deepak Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-3565)
- Vibhor Tak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1346-7481)
- Gopal Krishana Bohra
- Manish Anant Talkar
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infezioni in Medicina
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.53854/liim-3303-6
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00