Broad‐Spectrum Antimicrobials and the Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections: Getting It Right Up Front
Open Access
- 15 September 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (S1) , S3-S13
Abstract
The treatment of serious bacterial infections is complicated by the fact that time to initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is a strong prediKeywords
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