Background: The appropriate selection of empirical antibiotics based on the pattern of local
antibiotic resistance can reduce the mortality rate and increase the rational use of antibiotics …

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the appropriateness of antibiotic use and factors
associated with outcomes among sepsis patients in an intensive care unit (ICU). Methods …

Objective To evaluate the sensitivity pattern of bacterial pathogens in the intensive care unit
(ICU) of a tertiary care of Fatmawati Hospital Jakarta Indonesia. Methods A cross sectional …

BACKGROUND: Gram‐negative bacteria are an important cause of severe sepsis. Recent
studies have demonstrated reduced susceptibility of Gram‐negative bacteria to currently …

Antimicrobial therapy is one of the main stones of sepsis therapy. A recent study of septic
shock patients showed that each hour of delay in antimicrobial administration during the …

Antibiotics are essential to the treatment of bacterial sepsis as they reduce the bacterial
burden. The impact of bacterial resistance has recently been studied and found to be …

Background: Bacterial infections are responsible for great number of mortality in Intensive
Care Unit (ICU). Knowledge about prevalence of bacterial infections and their antibiotic …

Objective To evaluate the antibiotic sensitivity and resistance pattern in an intensive care
unit (ICU) setting of a tertiary care hospital. Materials and methods A cross-sectional …

The choice of antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of bacteremia is often empirical and
based on the knowledge of antibiotic susceptibility profiles of the most common bacteria …

Background: A retrospective study was conducted to investigate the validity and the
effectiveness of early empiric antibiotic and de-escalation therapy for the treatment of severe …