Comment on: Impact of antibiotic resistance and of adequate empirical antibiotic treatment in the prognosis of patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia [1]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1402-

  Blot, Stijn ^a,c   Vandijck, Dominique ^a,b   Vandewoude, Koenraad ^a,c   Depuydt, Pieter ^a   Vogelaers, Dirk ^a,b   Peleman, Renaat ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotic policy; Bacteraemia; Escherichia spp.

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG CHOICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 36448941836     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm379     Document Type: Letter

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