Diagnostic yield of blood cultures in febrile neutropenia—a real-world observational study from an academic medical center during blood culture bottle shortage
This single-center retrospective analysis evaluated the yield of blood cultures in patients with febrile neutropenia during a supply shortage. The detection rate of true bacteremia was observed to increase with the number of sets obtained, although this increase was not statistically significant. Findings support limiting repeat cultures within 48 hours.
Authors
- Rita Wilson Dib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7110-8885)
- Joseph Sassine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8730-8929)
- Emily A Siegrist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-4134)
- Maria Alkozah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7274-5453)
- Maryam Bibi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5165-6888)
- Yuanli Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5472-608X)
- Brandon Mohler
Institutions
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10310
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00