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856. Impact of Early Discontinuation of Antimicrobial Therapy on Survival in Culture-Negative Clinically Suspected Serious Infection: An Electronic Health Record-Based Analysis From 111 US Hospitals

BACKGROUND: Up to 40% of inpatients started on antibiotics for suspected infection have negative cultures from all tested body sites. The optimal duration of treatment for these patients is unknown. METHODS: Adults admitted to 111 hospitals between 2009 and 2015 with clinically suspected serious inf...

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Autores principales: Kadri, Sameer S, Klein, Eili, Gandra, Sumanth, Rhee, Chanu, Klompas, Michael, Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253157/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy209.041