OBJECTIVES: To investigate the clinical impact of inappropriate empirical antibiotics on
patient outcome and determine the risk factors for mortality in bacteremic adults who visited …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the clinical impact of age on bacteremia among adults visiting
the emergency department (ED). METHODS: Bacteremic adults visiting the ED from January …

Background Approximately two-thirds of the patients with severe sepsis or septic shock are
first encountered in the emergency departments (EDs) of western countries, in which …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Patients who came from the community but were recently discharged
from the hospital have a higher risk of contracting antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections …

Objectives: Patients with bacteremia have a high mortality and generally require urgent
treatment. The authors conducted a study to describe bacteremic patients in emergency …

Background Evidence for the impact of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy on bacteremia is
mainly from studies in medical centers. We investigated the impact of inappropriate …

Introduction The main objective of the study was to determine the frequency of patients
receiving inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy and to assess the impact in terms of …

BACKGROUND: Although debate exists about the treatment of sepsis, few disagree about
the benefits of early, appropriately targeted antibiotic administration. STUDY OBJECTIVES …

Patients with bacteraemia constitute an useful population for an audit of antibiotic
treatments. Empirical antibiotic therapy (EAT) and its reassessment must take into account …

OBJECTIVES: Bacteremia is a severe bacterial infection with significant mortality and
morbidity. Clinical parameters that reliably predict the presence of community-onset …