Impact of a computerized alert system for bacteremia notification on the appropriate antibiotic treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 937-945

  Kim, J ^a   Joo, E J ^a   Ha, Y E ^a   Park, S Y ^a   Kang, C I ^a   Chung, D R ^a   Song, J H ^a   Peck, K R ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED ALERT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879160395     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1829-5     Document Type: Article

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