Appropriate initial antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients with gram-negative infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Raman, Gowri ^a,b   Avendano, Esther ^a   Berger, Samantha ^c   Menon, Vandana ^b,d  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Baxalta   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriate initial antibiotic therapy; Gram negative; Healthcare associated; Hospital acquired; Inappropriate initial antibiotic therapy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; ODDS RATIO; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ODDS RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84942581362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1123-5     Document Type: Article

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