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- Title
Time to initiation of fluconazole therapy impacts mortality in patients with candidemia: a multi-institutional study.
- Authors
Garey, Kevin W; Rege, Milind; Pai, Manjunath P; Mingo, Dana E; Suda, Katie J; Turpin, Robin S; Bearden, David T
- Abstract
Inadequate antimicrobial treatment is an independent determinant of hospital mortality, and fungal bloodstream infections are among the types of infection with the highest rates of inappropriate initial treatment. Because of significant potential for reducing high mortality rates, we sought to assess the impact of delayed treatment across multiple study sites. The goals our analyses were to establish the frequency and duration of delayed antifungal treatment and to evaluate the relationship between treatment delay and mortality.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2006, Vol 43, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/504810