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| Positive Culture Criteria |
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| CSF: any bacteria cultured from CSF |
| Urine: > 50,000 colony forming units (CFU)/mL with a single organism AND ≥5–10 WBC on urinalysis OR fever >38°C/history of fever at home |
| Blood: growth of pathogenic bacteria: S pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, group A Streptococcus, Enterococcus species, Neisseria meningitidis, Enterobacteriaciae, Salmonella species, Moraxella catarrhalis, Pseudomonas species, H influenzae, Campylobacter species, Escherichia coli |
