TY - JOUR AU - Ghazal, Sameeh S. AU - Stevens, Michael P. AU - Bearman, Gonzalo M. AU - Edmond, Michael B. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/06/04 TI - Utility of surveillance blood cultures in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation JO - Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control SP - 20 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - Surveillance blood cultures are often obtained in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients for detection of bloodstream infection. The major aims of this retrospective cohort study were to determine the utility of the practice of obtaining surveillance blood cultures from asymptomatic patients during the first 100 post-transplant days and to determine if obtaining more than one positive blood culture helps in the diagnosis of bloodstream infection. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-20 DO - 10.1186/2047-2994-3-20 ID - Ghazal2014 ER -