Pathogen-Negative Sepsis—An Opportunity for Antimicrobial Stewardship

Sepsis is a common reason for empiric antibiotics among hospitalized patients. We found that the median duration of empiric antibiotics (interquartile range) was 6 (4–9) days among 1047 survivivors with pathogen-negative sepsis. These findings suggest that patients with pathogen-negative sepsis coul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lockhart, Gabriel C, Hanin, Jacob, Micek, Scott T, Kollef, Marin H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31660359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz397
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Sumario:Sepsis is a common reason for empiric antibiotics among hospitalized patients. We found that the median duration of empiric antibiotics (interquartile range) was 6 (4–9) days among 1047 survivivors with pathogen-negative sepsis. These findings suggest that patients with pathogen-negative sepsis could represent an important opportunity for antimicrobial stewardship.

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