Development and Assessment of Risk Scores for Carbapenem and Extensive β-Lactam Resistance Among Adult Hospitalized Patients With<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>Infection

Sara Y. Tartof, Jennifer L. Kuntz, Lie H. Chen, Rong Wei, Laura Puzniak, Yun Tian, Theresa M. Im, Harpreet S. Takhar, Sanjay Merchant, Thomas P. Lodise

JAMA Network Open · 2018 · 33 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The findings of this study suggest that parsimonious risk scores can aid physicians in appropriate treatment selection during the critical period when P aeruginosa infection is suspected but antibiotic susceptibility results are not yet available.

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