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Surveillance cultures as a tool for choosing empirical antibiotic therapy Alice Ramos Oliveira …

Of the many therapeutic decisions, physicians have to face in daily ICU practice choosing
initial antibiotic therapy in the patient with suspected severe nosocomial sepsis is one of the …

Objective: To assess the predictive value of prior carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii (CRAB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) colonization established in …

Objectives: To document the prevalence of microorganisms and their susceptibility to
different antimicrobial drugs in our ICU over a period of one year. Methodology: 570 …

Surveillance cultures may detect colonisation with drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria
and can be hypothesised to guide appropriate initial antibiotic treatment for intensive care …

Obtaining diagnostic microbiological cultures before initiating empirical antimicrobial
therapy is part of the diagnostic work-up of intensive care patients with a clinical suspicion of …

Objective: To assess the predictive value of prior carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii (CRAB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) colonization established in …

We undertook a prospective observational cohort study in intensive care unit (ICU) patients
requiring mechanical ventilation for four days or more to evaluate normal and abnormal …

Purpose To explore the extent of surveillance culture (SC) implementation underlying
motives for obtaining SC and decision making based on the results. Materials and Methods …

Controversy exists regarding the optimal method of managing intensive care unit (ICU)-
acquired infection. Antibiotic prescriptions in 177 sequential admissions to our ICU, which …