The impact of healthcare-associated infection on mortality: failure in clinical recognition is related with inadequate antibiotic therapy.
PURPOSE: To understand if clinicians can tell apart patients with healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) from those with community-acquired infections (CAI) and to determine the impact of HCAI in the adequacy of initial antibiotic therapy and hospital mortality. METHODS: One-year prospective cohort...
Main Authors: | Teresa Cardoso, Orquídea Ribeiro, Irene Aragão, Altamiro Costa-Pereira, António Sarmento |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3592830?pdf=render |
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