Predictive Value of Prior Colonization and Antibiotic Use for Third-Generation Cephalosporin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Bacteremia in Patients With Sepsis

Wouter C. Rottier, Yara R. P. Bamberg, J W Dorigo-Zetsma, Paul D. van der Linden, Heidi Ammerlaan, Marc J. M. Bonten

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2015 · 61 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

In patients receiving empiric treatment for sepsis, prior colonization with 3GC-R EB and prior antibiotic use have low PPV for infections caused by 3GC-R EB. Strict guideline adherence would unnecessarily stimulate broad-spectrum antibiotic use.

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