<p>Economic Burden Of Inappropriate Empiric Antibiotic Therapy: A Report From Southern Iran</p>

Consensus on diagnosis and empiric antibiotic therapy of febrile neutropenia

Controversial issues on the management of empiric therapy and diagnosis of febrile neutropenia (FN) were faced by a Consensus Group of the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (AIEOP). In this paper we report the suggestions of the consensus process regarding the role of aminoglycosides, glycopeptides and oral antibiotics in empiric therapy of FN, the rules for changing or disco...

1327Factors associated with optimizing empiric antibiotic therapy in six hospitals

1327. Factors associated with optimizing empiric antibiotic therapy in six hospitals Daniel Morgan, MD, MS; Nikolay Braykov, BSE; Marin Schweizer, PhD; Daniel Z. Uslan, MD, MS; Theodoros Kelesidis, MD, PhD; Scott a. Weisenberg, MD, MSc, DTM&H; Birgir Johannsson, MD; Heather Young, MD; Joseph Cantey, MD; Eli Perencevich, MD, MS, FIDSA, FSHEA; Edward Septimus, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; Ramanan Laxminaray...

Impact of Inappropriate Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy on Mortality of Septic Patients with Bacteremia: A Retrospective Study

Background. Inappropriate empiric antimicrobials could be a major cause of unfavorable mortality rates in co-morbid patients. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and impact of first-dose and 24-hour inappropriate antimicrobials on mortality rates of bacteremic septic patients. Methods. A retrospective cohort study was employed. Case record forms of patients diagnosed as sepsis, severe sep...

Empiric antibiotic therapy in children with community-acquired pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE To assess the possible change of clinical response to empiric antibiotic therapy among children survivors hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia at a teaching hospital during 1991-2001. METHODS This was a retrospective observational study. The medical records of children (aged 29 days to 12 years) with diagnosis of presumed bacterial pneumonia at hospital discharge were revi...

economic burden of inappropriate antibiotic use for prophylactic purpose in shiraz, iran