Inadequate Empiric Antibiotic Therapy among Canadian Hospitalized Solid-Organ Transplant Patients: Incidence and Impact on Hospital Mortality

Background: The incidence of inadequate empiric antibiotic therapy (IET) and its clinical importance as a risk factor for hospital mortality in Canadian solid-organ transplant patients remains unknown. Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated all patients admitted to a transplant unit from...

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Main Author: Hamandi, Bassem
Other Authors: Holbrook, Anne
Format: Others
Language:en_ca
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/10433