Clinical characteristics, appropriateness of empiric antibiotic therapy, and outcome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia across multiple community hospitals
| Autor: | Eric Shaw, Keith Teelucksingh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Male medicine.medical_specialty Bacteremia Hospitals Community Logistic regression Medical microbiology Internal medicine medicine Humans Pseudomonas Infections Aged Retrospective Studies Univariate analysis Septic shock business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Community hospital Anti-Bacterial Agents Infectious Diseases Pseudomonas aeruginosa Female business Empiric therapy Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | European journal of clinical microbiologyinfectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 41(1) |
| ISSN: | 1435-4373 |
| Popis: | There is relatively little contemporary information regarding clinical characteristics of patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia (PAB) in the community hospital setting. This was a retrospective, observational cohort study examining the clinical characteristics of patients with PAB across several community hospitals in the USA with a focus on the appropriateness of initial empirical therapy and impact on patient outcomes. Cases of PAB occurring between 2016 and 2019 were pulled from 8 community medical centers. Patients were classified as having either positive or negative outcome at hospital discharge. Several variables including receipt of active empiric therapy (AET) and the time to receiving AET were collected. Variables with a p value of |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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