INFLUENCE OF BLOOD CULTURE RESULTS ON ANTIBIOTIC CHOICE IN THE TREATMENT OF BACTEREMIA
INFLUENCE OF BLOOD CULTURE RESULTS ON ANTIBIOTIC CHOICE IN THE TREATMENT OF BACTEREMIA
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DOI:
10.1001/archinte.1994.00420230024004
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发表时间:
1994-12-12
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通讯作者:
SNYDMAN, DR
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作者:
ARBO, MDJ;SNYDMAN, DR
Background: It is unclear how often blood culture results influence empiric antibiotic regimens.Methods: To assess the frequency of antibiotic modification and the rates of proper documentation of blood culture results by house staff physicians, we prospectively evaluated 226 episodes of bacteremia in 199 patients.Results: Antibiotics were changed in 49.6% of episodes of true bacteremias. Physicians were more likely to change therapy if gram-negative rods (odds ratio [OR], 3.19) or Staphylococcus aureus (OR, 3.12) were isolated, if the blood culture was obtained in the first 7 days of hospitalization (OR, 1.9), or if house staff physicians properly documented the culture results in the medical chart (OR, 3.8) (all P values,