Blood cultures are the gold standard for detecting bacteremia. We have studied the time to positivity of blood cultures in our neonatal unit to reduce antibiotic doses in patients with a negative blood culture. Empirical antibiotic treatment of neonatal sepsis could be withdrawn 24 hours after obtaining blood cultures.

中文翻译：

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确定新生儿单位血培养阳性的时间。

血培养是检测菌血症的金标准。我们研究了新生儿病房血培养阳性的时间，以减少血培养阴性患者的抗生素剂量。新生儿败血症的经验性抗生素治疗可在获得血培养 24 小时后停止。