Should we treat patients with only one set of positive blood cultures for extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii the same as multiple sets?

Should we treat patients with only one set of positive blood cultures for extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii the same as multiple sets?

Acinetobacter species are not considered skin commensals and under-treatment is an overriding concern when caring for critically-ill patients who are mostly at risk of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB) infections. Hence even a single blood culture yielding XDRAB will tend to...

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Main Authors: Aristine Cheng, Yu-Chung Chuang, Hsin-Yun Sun, Chia-Jui Yang, Hou-Tai Chang, Jia-Ling Yang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Yee-Chun Chen, Shan-Chwen Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501650?pdf=render

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