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Impact of Infectious Diseases Specialists and Microbiological Data on the Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Therapy for Bacteremia
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Antimicrobial therapy for 428 episodes of bacteremia in an 850-bed university hospital was prospectively evaluated for 1 year to measure the impact of two factors--blood culture results and the therapy chosen by infectious diseases specialists (IDSs)--on quality of treatment and outcome. Initial shock, a simplified acute physiology score of >15, and inappropriateness of the empirical treatment were independently associated with increased mortality. Empirical treatment was appropriate in 63% of the episodes. This proportion reached 78% for the episodes treated by IDSs, compared with 54% for the others (P < .001). After availability of blood culture results, the proportion of appropriate treatments increased to 94%, with 97% for IDS-treated patients and 89% for other patients (P = .008). IDSs more frequently shifted to oral antibiotics and used fewer broad-spectrum drugs. This study underlines the impact of blood culture results and of IDSs on the prescription of appropriate treatment for bacteremia and on the better use of antimicrobial drugs.
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- Byl, B., Clevenbergh, P., Jacobs, F., Struelens, M. J., Zech, F., Kentos, A., & Thys, J.
- Venue
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 1999-07
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 60-66
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- 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-6591
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- W1996032219
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- 8.52
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- en
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