The authors reply

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Opal, Steven M ^a   Dellinger, R Philip ^b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(1 3)BETA DEXTRO GLUCAN ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDEMIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SELECTIVE DIGESTIVE TRACT DECONTAMINATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84887092013     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182a635c1     Document Type: Letter

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