בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Blood culture (BC) remains gold standard for the evaluation and diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.

Time when BC becomes positive and the type of microorganism isolated are crucial in deciding the antimicrobial management.

Likely pathogenicity of organisms growing in BC could potentially be predicted based on the “time to positivity” (TTP).

We aimed to estimate the predictive value of isolating a likely pathogenic organism depending on TTP;

evaluate the aetiological trend and neonatal mortality rate due to culture-proven neonatal sepsis for over a decade and verify whether the application of a “36 hour rule” to discontinue empiric antibiotics in well newborn infants with negative BC would be safe.