Empirical antibiotic choice for the seriously ill patient: are minimization of selection of resistant organisms and maximization of individual outcome mutually exclusive?
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Mortality related to serious infections in intensive care units (ICUs) is highest if empirical therapy is not active against the organism causing the infection. However, excessive empirical therapy undoubtedly contributes to bacterial resistance to antibiotics, in turn potentially contributing to po …
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCBI
NLM
MEDLINE
humans
pubmed abstract
nih
national institutes of health
national library of medicine
treatment outcome
drug resistance
microbial
communicable diseases / drug therapy*
disease outbreaks*
intensive care units
anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use*
communicable diseases / epidemiology
pmid:12684913
doi:10.1086/374243
david l paterson
louis b rice
critical illness* / mortality
drug utilization
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