Over 1/3 of Spinal Cord Injured Veterans Recieved Inadequate Treatment for Bloodstream Infections

Predictors and outcomes of antibiotic adequacy for bloodstream infections in veterans with spinal cord injury. 09/16/09. OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors and outcomes associated with receiving inadequate empirical antimicrobial treatment for bloodstream infections (BSIs) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). CONCLUSIONS: Over one third of patients received inadequate empirical treatment, which was associated with having a polymicrobial BSI. However, inadequate treatment was not associated with increased mortality or hospital length of stay postinfection. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation via PubMed