Survey of physicians' perspectives and knowledge about diagnostic tests for bloodstream infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  She, Rosemary C ^a   Alrabaa, Sally ^b   Lee, Seung Heon ^a   Norvell, Meghan ^c   Wilson, Andrew ^d   Petti, Cathy A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NanoMR Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HealthSpring Global Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPSIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SEPSIS; STANDARD OF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84961313932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121493     Document Type: Review

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