Local audit of empiric antibiotic therapy in bacteremia: A retrospective cohort study.
<h4>Background</h4>It is unclear if a local audit would be useful in providing guidance on how to improve local practice of empiric antibiotic therapy. We performed an audit of antibiotic therapy in bacteremia to evaluate the proportion and risk factors for inadequate empiric antibiotic...
Main Authors: | Anthony D Bai, Neal Irfan, Cheryl Main, Philippe El-Helou, Dominik Mertz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248817 |
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