Delay in administering the first dose of antibiotics in patients admitted to hospital with serious infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 681-684

  Natsch, S ^a   Kullberg, B J ^a   Van Der Meer, J W M ^a   Meis, J F G M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; URINARY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032437068     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050160     Document Type: Article

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