Vancomycin is a first-line antibiotic for empiric treatment of gram-positive infections in the
trauma intensive care unit. When dosed intermittently, difficulties arise from trough collection …

Bacteremia of unknown origin (BUO) are associated with increased mortality compared to
those with identified sources. Microbiological data of those patients could help to …

Background Current guidelines for adult patients with pneumococcal meningitis (PM)
recommend initial management in intermediate or intensive care units (ICU), but evidence to …

Purpose: We sought to delineate highly visible publications related to sepsis. Within these
subsets, elements of altmetrics performance, including mentions on Twitter, and the …

In the management of sepsis, providing adequate empiric antimicrobial therapy is one of the
most important pillars of sepsis management. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the …

Background: The search for the site of infection has high priority in patients with severe
sepsis and septic shock. However, it is questionable whether mortality is associated with the …

Molecular tests may enable early adjustment of antimicrobial therapy and be complementary
to blood culture (BC) which has imperfect sensitivity in critically ill patients. We evaluated a …

Purpose Blood culture obtainment prior to antibiotic administration, in patients with
suspected infection, is considered the best practice in international guidelines. However …

The aim of the study was to assess clinical and paraclinical effects of hemoadsorption on
organ dysfunction, severity scores, and 28‐day survival in septic patients. Fifty‐five septic …

Pneumonia, classified as a lower respiratory tract illness, affects different parts of the
bronchial system as well as alveoli and can present with varying severities depending on co …