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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 87:F25-F28 doi:10.1136/fn.87.1.F25
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Blood cultures in newborns and children: optimising an everyday test

Table 3

Specific indications for anaerobic blood cultures in newborns and children

  • Prolonged rupture of membranes >18 hours or maternal chorioamnionitis

  • Poor dentition, severe oral mucositis, or chronic sinusitis

  • Abdominal signs or symptoms

  • Neutropenic patients receiving high dose steroid therapy (where abdominal signs may be masked15)

  • Sacral or perianal cellulitis or ulceration

  • Patients with human bite wounds or crushing trauma47

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