PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J P Buttery TI - Blood cultures in newborns and children: optimising an everyday test AID - 10.1136/fn.87.1.F25 DP - 2002 Jul 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition PG - F25--F28 VI - 87 IP - 1 4099 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F25.short 4100 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F25.full SO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2002 Jul 01; 87 AB - Effective use of blood cultures is a key component of the management of septic newborns and children. The technical and practical aspects of paediatric practice and the heightened susceptibility of children to infection because of immunological immaturity make automatic extrapolation of adult data difficult and potentially unfounded.