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Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Bloodstream Infection Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: No Better than a Coin Toss
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/14/09
Herzke CA et al. – Only half of patients with MRSA BSI received appropriate empirical therapy. Factors associated with receiving appropriate empirical antibiotics included the presence of a central venous catheter at admission and a history of joint arthroplasty. Surprisingly, prior MRSA infection was not predictive of receipt of appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
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