[
    {
        "id": "osp-10774",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Blood Culture Contaminants in a Paediatric Population: Retrospective study from a tertiary hospital in Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "El-Naggari",
                "given": "Mohamed A."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Mulaabed",
                "given": "Sharef W."
            },
            {
                "family": "Mani",
                "given": "Zakaria"
            },
            {
                "family": "Renjith",
                "given": ""
            },
            {
                "family": "Abdelrahim",
                "given": "Rana"
            },
            {
                "family": "Abdwani",
                "given": "Reem"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/blood-culture-contaminants-in-a-paediatric-population-retrospective-study-from-a-tertiary-hospital-in-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "17",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "196-201",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2016.17.02.011",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: Most children presenting with febrile illness require a blood culture to determine the causative organism as well as its sensitivity to antibiotics. However, false-positive results lead to unnecessary hospitalisations, prescriptions and tests. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of false-positive blood cultures among a paediatric population at a tertiary hospital in Oman. Methods: This retrospective study included all 225 children"
    }
]