Benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: thirty-day mortality and duration of hospital stay

Abigail Fraser; Mical Paul; Nadja Almanasreh; Evelina Tacconelli; Uwe Frank; Roberto Cauda; Sara Borok; Michal Cohen; Steen Andreassen; Anders D Nielsen; Leonard Leibovici; TREAT Study Group

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.034

Benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: thirty-day mortality and duration of hospital stay

Abigail Fraser
, Mical Paul
, Nadja Almanasreh
, Evelina Tacconelli
, Uwe Frank
, Roberto Cauda
, Sara Borok
, Michal Cohen
, Steen Andreassen
, Anders D Nielsen
, Leonard Leibovici
, TREAT Study Group

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Abstract

We evaluated the effect of inappropriate antibiotic treatment on mortality and duration of hospital stay in medical inpatients with bacterial infections.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	970-6
Number of pages	7
Journal	American Journal of Sports Medicine
Volume	119
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.034
Publication status	Published - Nov 2006

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Female
Germany
Humans
Infection
Israel
Italy
Length of Stay
Linear Models
Logistic Models
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Prospective Studies

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Fraser, A., Paul, M., Almanasreh, N., Tacconelli, E., Frank, U., Cauda, R., Borok, S., Cohen, M., Andreassen, S., Nielsen, A. D., Leibovici, L., & TREAT Study Group (2006). Benefit of appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment: thirty-day mortality and duration of hospital stay. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 119(11), 970-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.034

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