Inadequacy of Temperature and White Blood Cell Count in Predicting Bacteremia in Patients with Suspected Infection
- 31 March 2012
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 42 (3), 254-259
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.038
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