Aggressive versus conservative initiation of antibiotics

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 387-388

  Wolkewitz, Martin ^a   Tacconelli, Evelina ^b   Schumacher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NOTE; STATISTICS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE;

EID: 84876741650     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70063-X     Document Type: Letter

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