LOS ANGELES — A 7-day antibiotic course for treating hospitalized patients’ bloodstream infection (BSI) was just as effective as a 14-day course, according to new data from a seven-country ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a retrospective study of more than 10,000 bloodstream infections, a delay of 12 hours in initiating ...

Complications in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections were relatively common and most commonly predicted by injection drug use and initial response to antimicrobial therapy. Initial ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers estimated the association between the receipt of appropriate initial empirical antibiotic treatment and in-hospital death among ...

Viable bacteria in the blood, i.e., bacteremia, can lead to bloodstream infection (BSI) and sepsis, a syndromic, often fatal, inflammatory response. Rapid and accurate antimicrobial prescriptions are ...

HealthDay News — Black female patients hospitalized for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bloodstream infections (BSI) face increased 30-day mortality, according to a study presented at the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background.Little is known of the long-term risks of bloodstream infection (BSI) with extended spectrum β-lactamase–producing ...