title: Blood culture use in the emergency department in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: Anil N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Makam
authors.affiliation: Divsion of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Steinman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003625:Data Collection; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012044:Regression Analysis