The benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment in patients with bloodstream infection

• Published in: Journal of internal medicine Vol. 244; no. 5; pp. 379 - 386
• Main Authors: LEIBOVICI, L, SHRAGA, I, DRUCKER, M, KONIGSBERGER, H, SAMRA, Z, PITLIK, S. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford BSL Blackwell Science Ltd 01.11.1998; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibacterial agents; antibiotic treatment; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; bacteraemia; Biological and medical sciences; bloodstream infection; Child; Child, Preschool; empirical; fatality rate; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sepsis - drug therapy; Sepsis - mortality; Treatment Outcome; Human; Septicemia; Mortality; Empirical method; Bacteremia; Infection; Prospective; Antibiotic; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Cohort study; Bacteriosis; Profit

. Leibovici L, Shraga I, Drucker M, Konigsberger H, Samra Z, Pitlik SD (Rabin Medical Center, Petah‐Tiqva, and Tel‐Aviv University, Tel‐Aviv, Israel). The benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment in patients with bloodstream infection. J Intern Med 1998; 244: 379–86. Objectives To test...