Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8957930 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2018 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
Inadequate empiric antimicrobial therapy occurred in approximately one-third of episodes of bloodstream infection in geriatric patients. Severity at the time of bloodstream infection was likely to have contributed to mortality. The initiation of adequate empiric antimicrobial therapy may have important implications for antimicrobial stewardship even in the elderly population.
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