Gram-negative bacteremia upon hospital admission: when should Pseudomonas aeruginosa be suspected?
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Schechner, V; Nobre, V; Kaye, KS; Leshno, M; Giladi, M; Rohner, P; Harbarth, S; Anderson, DJ; Karchmer, AW; Schwaber, MJ; Carmeli, Y
Published in: Clin Infect Dis
March 1, 2009
BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an uncommon cause of community-acquired bacteremia among patients without severe immunodeficiency. Because tension exists between the need to limit unnecessary use of anti-pseudomonal agents and the need to avoid a delay in appropriate therapy, clinicians require better guidance regarding when to cover empirically for P. aeruginosa. We sought to determine the occurrence of and construct a model to predict P. aeruginosa bacteremia upon hospital admission. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in 4 tertiary care hospitals. Microbiology databases were searched to find all episodes of bacteremia caused by gram-negative rods (GNRs)
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Clin Infect Dis
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1537-6591
Publication Date
March 1, 2009
Volume
48
Issue
5
Start / End Page
580 / 586
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Risk Factors
- Retrospective Studies
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Middle Aged
- Microbiology
- Male
- Immunocompromised Host
- Humans
- Hospitalization
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Schechner, V., Nobre, V., Kaye, K. S., Leshno, M., Giladi, M., Rohner, P., … Carmeli, Y. (2009). Gram-negative bacteremia upon hospital admission: when should Pseudomonas aeruginosa be suspected? Clin Infect Dis, 48(5), 580–586. https://doi.org/10.1086/596709
Published In
Clin Infect Dis
DOI
EISSN
1537-6591
Publication Date
March 1, 2009
Volume
48
Issue
5
Start / End Page
580 / 586
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Risk Factors
- Retrospective Studies
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Middle Aged
- Microbiology
- Male
- Immunocompromised Host
- Humans
- Hospitalization