Clinical utility of prior positive cultures to optimize empiric antibiotic therapy selection: A cross-sectional analysis
Background: Despite reduced infectious disease mortality and improved survival, infectious diseases continue to pose health threats due to their contagiousness, societal harm, and morbidity. Empiric antibiotic therapy, often prescribed without knowledge of the causative pathogen, faces challenges fr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-10-01
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| Series: | New Microbes and New Infections |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297523001014 |