title: Optimizing the use of blood cultures in the febrile postoperative patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Badillo
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarani
authors.forename: Stephen R T
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005334:Fever / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity