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Title:

Strategies for increasing diagnostic yield of community-onset bacteraemia within the emergency department: A retrospective study.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Rothe, Kathrin; Spinner, Christoph D; Ott, Armin; Querbach, Christiane; Dommasch, Michael; Aldrich, Cassandra; Gebhardt, Friedemann; Schneider, Jochen; Schmid, Roland M; Busch, Dirk H; Katchanov, Juri
Abstract:
Bloodstream infections (BSI) are associated with high mortality. Therefore, reliable methods of detection are of paramount importance. Efficient strategies to improve diagnostic yield of bacteraemia within the emergency department (ED) are needed. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all ED encounters in a high-volume, city-centre university hospital within Germany during a five-year study period from October 2013 to September 2018. A time-series analysis was conducted for all ED encounters...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
PLoS ONE
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
14
Journal issue:
9
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0222545
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31513683
Print-ISSN:
1932-6203
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Gastroenterologie); Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene; Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
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