Patients with community-acquired bacteremia of unknown origin: clinical characteristics and usefulness of microbiological results for therapeutic issues: a single-center cohort study

Patients with community-acquired bacteremia of unknown origin: clinical characteristics and usefulness of microbiological results for therapeutic issues: a single-center cohort study

Abstract Bacteremia of unknown origin (BUO) are associated with increased mortality compared to those with identified sources. Microbiological data of those patients could help to characterize an appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment before bloodcultures results are available during sepsis of u...

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Main Authors: Johan Courjon, Elisa Demonchy, Nicolas Degand, Karine Risso, Raymond Ruimy, Pierre-Marie Roger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
Bacteremia
Empirical antibiotic treatment
Severe sepsis
Bacteremia of unknown origin
Antimicrobial resistance
Primary bacteremia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-017-0214-0

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