Impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on outcome of bacteremic adults visiting the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1447-1456

  Lee, Ching Chi ^a   Lee, Chung Hsun ^a   Chuang, Ming Che ^a   Hong, Ming Yuan ^a   Hsu, Hsiang Chin ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMINOPENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UREIDOPENICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE EMPIRICAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONEBACTERIUM ACNES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84869465606     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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