Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> : Importance of Inadequate Initial Antimicrobial Treatment

Tumbarello, Mario; Sanguinetti, Maurizio; Agostina Montuori, Eva; Maria Trecarichi, Enrico; Posteraro, Brunella; Fiori, Barbara; Citton, Rita; D’Inzeo, Tiziana; Fadda, Giovanni; Cauda, Roberto; Spanu, Teresa

doi:10.1128/aac.01509-06

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Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae : Importance of Inadequate Initial Antimicrobial Treatment

Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • Mar 26, 2007

Authors:

Mario Tumbarello

Maurizio Sanguinetti

Eva Agostina Montuori

Abstract

Bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms markedly increase the rates of treatment failure and death. We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis to identify risk factors for mortality in adult in-patients with BSI caused by ESBL-producing En...

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Medicine

Antimicrobial

Internal medicine

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