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Effect of Adequate Single-Drug vs Combination Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Prospective Cohort

Effect of Adequate Single-Drug vs Combination Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality in Pseudomonas... Empirical combination therapy is recommended for patients with known or suspected Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA). A post hoc analysis of patients with PA bloodstream infections suggests that treatment with combination antimicrobial therapy did not reduce the mortality risk compared with single-drug therapy. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Clinical Infectious Diseases Oxford University Press

Effect of Adequate Single-Drug vs Combination Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infections: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Prospective Cohort

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].
Subject
ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES
ISSN
1058-4838
eISSN
1537-6591
DOI
10.1093/cid/cit223
pmid
23580739
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Abstract

Empirical combination therapy is recommended for patients with known or suspected Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA). A post hoc analysis of patients with PA bloodstream infections suggests that treatment with combination antimicrobial therapy did not reduce the mortality risk compared with single-drug therapy.

Journal

Clinical Infectious DiseasesOxford University Press

Published: Jul 15, 2013

Keywords: bloodstream infections P. aeruginosa combination antimicrobial therapy mortality

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