Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients: A Systematic Review

M Bongiovanni, B Barda - Journal of clinical medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bacterial co-infections increase the severity of respiratory viral infections and are frequent
causes of mortality in COVID-19 infected subjects. During the COVID-19 period, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in the emergency department: a multicenter validation and prospective evaluation of a machine learning prediction …

M Schinkel, AW Boerman, FC Bennis… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Overuse of blood cultures (BCs) in emergency departments (EDs) leads to low
yields and high numbers of contaminated cultures, accompanied by increased diagnostics …

Hospital-onset bacteremia among neonatal intensive care unit patients

EC Prochaska, S Xiao, E Colantuoni, RH Clark… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to introduce hospital-
onset bacteremia (HOB) as a health care–associated infection measure. The epidemiology …

A continuous late-onset sepsis prediction algorithm for preterm infants using multi-channel physiological signals from a patient monitor

Z Peng, G Varisco, X Long, RH Liang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this study is to develop an explainable late-onset sepsis (LOS) prediction
algorithm using continuous multi-channel physiological signals that can be applied to a …

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of positive blood cultures in Swiss intensive care units: a nationwide surveillance study

L Damonti, A Kronenberg, J Marschall, P Jent… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Evidence about the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the incidence rates
of blood cultures contaminations and bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) …

Detecting changes in the performance of a clinical machine learning tool over time

M Schinkel, AW Boerman, K Paranjape… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Excessive use of blood cultures (BCs) in Emergency Departments (EDs) results
in low yields and high contamination rates, associated with increased antibiotic use and …

Disparities in central line-associated bloodstream infection and catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates: An exploratory analysis

EB Gettler, IC Kalu, NL Okeke, SS Lewis… - Infection Control & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This retrospective review of 4-year surveillance data revealed a higher central line-
associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rate in non-Hispanic Black patients and higher …

Assessing sepsis-induced immunosuppression to predict positive blood cultures

E Hernández-Jiménez, EP Plata-Menchaca… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Bacteremia is a life-threatening condition that can progress to sepsis and septic
shock, leading to significant mortality in the emergency department (ED). The standard …

Utilizing artificial intelligence and cellular population data for timely identification of bacteremia in hospitalized patients

WH Chen, YH Chang, CT Hsiao, PR Hsueh… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Bacteremia is a critical condition with high mortality that requires prompt
detection to prevent progression to life-threatening sepsis. Traditional diagnostic …

Clinical outcomes associated with blood-culture contamination are not affected by utilization of a rapid blood-culture identification system

SL Khan, G Haynatzki, SJ Medcalf… - Infection Control & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: Contaminated blood cultures result in extended hospital stays and extended
durations of antibiotic therapy. Rapid molecular-based blood culture testing can speed …