Physicians' Acceptable Treatment Failure Rates in Antibiotic Therapy for Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Catheter-Associated Bacteremia: Implications for Reducing Treatment Duration | Zendy

Eli N. Perencevich | Zendy; Anthony D. Harris | Zendy; Keith S. Kaye | Zendy; Douglas D. Bradham | Zendy; David N. Fisman | Zendy; Laura A. Liedtke | Zendy; Larry J. Strausbaugh | Zendy

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Physicians' Acceptable Treatment Failure Rates in Antibiotic Therapy for Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Catheter-Associated Bacteremia: Implications for Reducing Treatment Duration

Author(s) -

Eli N. Perencevich,

Anthony D. Harris,

Keith S. Kaye,

Douglas D. Bradham,

David N. Fisman,

Laura A. Liedtke,

Larry J. Strausbaugh

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/498116

Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , intensive care medicine , antimicrobial , central venous catheter , logistic regression , antibiotics , emergency medicine , catheter , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry

Decreasing the duration of antimicrobial therapy is an attractive strategy for delaying the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Limited data regarding optimal treatment durations for most clinical infections hinder the adoption of this approach and impair optimal physician-patient communication under the shared decision-making model. We aimed to identify acceptable failure rates among infectious disease consultants (IDCs) for treatment of central venous catheter-associated bacteremia.

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