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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Blood culture follow-up in children 3 to 36 months of age BC: blood culture; LP: lumbar puncture; IV: intravenous. * Well patients with blood culture positive for E. coli or S. aureus do not need a lumbar puncture; for other pathogens, which are encountered rarely, the decision should be individualized. • Outpatient care is only appropriate in patients without evidence of meningitis on CSF examination.