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- Published on: 22 March 2016
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The question asks would a rapid PCR test on blood alter management in a febrile infant by way of discontinuing antibiotic therapy if found to be negative.
The multiplex PCR offered would not alter management in a "hot, grumpy, 2 month old" even if it offered 100% certainty that the infant did not have bacteraemia. Bacteraemia implies bacterial infection directly in the blood and is only one of a number of potentia...
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