The characteristics of bacteremia among patients with acute febrile illness requiring hospitalization in Indonesia

• Main Authors: Soedarmono, Pratiwi, Diana, Aly, Tauran, Patricia, Lokida, Dewi, Aman, Abu Tholib, Alisjahbana, Bachti, Arlinda, Dona, Tjitra, Emiliana, Kosasih, Herman, Merati, Ketut Tuti Parwati, Arif, Mansyur, Gasem, Muhammad Hussein, Susanto, Nugroho Harry, Lukman, Nurhayati, Sugiyono, Retna Indah, Hadi, Usman, Lisdawati, Vivi, Tchos, Karine G. Fouth, Neal, Aaron, Karyana, Muhammad
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2022
• Subjects: Medical Bacteriology
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283993/1/195.pdf; https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283993/; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273414
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Blood culturing remains the "gold standard"for bloodstream infection (BSI) diagnosis, but the method is inaccessible to many developing countries due to high costs and insufficient resources. To better understand the utility of blood cultures among patients in Indonesia, a country where bl...