The impact of appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy in adults with occult bacteraemia

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-58

  Lee, Ching Chi ^a   Hong, Ming Yuan ^a   Chan, Tsung Yu ^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

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891884781     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201941     Document Type: Article

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