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Blood Culture Positivity, Microbiological Spectrum, and Inflammatory Correlates in Patients Hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Infection During the Omicron BA.5 Wave: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Blood cultures are frequently obtained in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, although the diagnostic yield and clinical meaning of culture positivity vary markedly according to case mix, disease severity, and timing of sampling. Omicron-era data remain comparatively limited. We...