Concepedia

Effect of inappropriate initial empiric antibiotic therapy on outcome of patients with community-acquired intra-abdominal infections requiring surgery

Karl J. Krobot, Dangyue Yin, Q. Zhang, Saugata Sen, A. Altendorf-Hofmann, J. Scheele, Wolfgang Sendt

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases · 2004 · 170 citations · 14 references

Concepts

PharmacyInfectious DiseasesSurgeryAntimicrobial PharmacotherapyAntimicrobial StewardshipSepsisAntibiotic ProphylaxisAntimicrobial De-escalationAntimicrobial TherapyEmpiric Antimicrobial TherapyEmpiric Therapy SelectionHealthcare-associated InfectionsAntibiotic Stewardship In SurgeryAppropriate Empiric TherapyEmpiric Antibiotic TherapyInappropriate Antibiotic UseIntra-abdominal Infection Empiric Therapy

References

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Survival Analysis Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data

Marepalli B. Rao, John P. Klein, Melvin L. Moeschberger · Technometrics · 1998 · 3.6K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Survival Analysis +11

Inadequate Antimicrobial Treatment of Infections

Marin H. Kollef, Glenda Sherman, Suzanne M. Ward et al. · CHEST Journal · 1999 · 1.8K citations

Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacotherapy +12

Community-Acquired Pneumonia

John G. Bartlett, Linda M. Mundy · New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · 983 citations

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine +10

Impact of BAL Data on the Therapy and Outcome of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Carlos M. Luna, Patrícia Vujacich, Michael S. Niederman et al. · CHEST Journal · 1997 · 925 citations · Full text

Health Professions, Clinical Sciences, Infectious Diseases +14

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Attributable Fraction from Logistic Models

Sander Greenland, Karsten Drescher · Biometrics · 1993 · 576 citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology +16