Pathogen-Negative Sepsis—An Opportunity for Antimicrobial Stewardship. (9th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lockhart, Gabriel C; Hanin, Jacob; Micek, Scott T; Kollef, Marin H
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 6:Number 10(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-10-09
• Subjects: pathogen-negative -- sepsis -- stewardship; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz397
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Sepsis is a common reason for empiric antibiotics among hospitalized patients. We found that the median duration of empiric antibiotics (interquartile range) was 6 (4–9) days among 1047 survivivors with pathogen-negative sepsis. These findings suggest that patients with pathogen-negative sepsis could represent an important opportunity for antimicrobial stewardship.