Would earlier microbe identification alter antibiotic therapy in bacteremic emergency department patients?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Stoneking, Lisa R ^a   Patanwala, Asad E ^a   Winkler, John P ^a   Fiorello, Albert B ^a   Lee, Elizabeth S ^a   Olson, Daniel P ^a   Wolk, Donna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial therapy; blood cultures; intensive care unit; microbiology; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872318361     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.02.036     Document Type: Article

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