Appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy and mortality: Conflicting data explained by residual confounding.

Appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy and mortality: Conflicting data explained by residual confounding.

OBJECTIVE:Clinical practice universally assumes that appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy improves survival in patients with bloodstream infection. However, this is not generally supported by previous studies. We examined the association between appropriate therapy and 30-day mortality, while mi...

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Main Authors: Romy Schuttevaer, Jelmer Alsma, Anniek Brink, Willian van Dijk, Jurriaan E M de Steenwinkel, Hester F Lingsma, Damian C Melles, Stephanie C E Schuit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225478

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