2. Follow up BCx are low yield in this population ➡️ Keeping a restriction on follow up BCx is a reasonable diagnostic stewardship measure, even in patients with febrile neutropenia

We restricted BCx to 1 set per 48 hours and compared to the pre-restriction period in patients with febrile neutropenia.
Our findings:
1. Positivity rate not statistically different between both periods but diagnostic yield increased with a higher number of initial BCx sets

We don’t, because this panel is meant to identify fungi on blood culture specimens exclusively.

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