TY - JOUR T1 - Blood cultures in newborns and children: optimising an everyday test JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F25 LP - F28 DO - 10.1136/fn.87.1.F25 VL - 87 IS - 1 AU - J P Buttery Y1 - 2002/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F25.abstract N2 - 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. ER -