Initiation of inappropriate antimicrobial therapy results in a fivefold reduction of survival in human septic shock.

By Anand Kumar, P. Ellis, Y. Arabi, D. Roberts, B. Light, J. Parrillo, P. Dodek, G. Wood, Aseem Kumar, D. Simon and 3 more. Chest, 2009

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Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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• The Epidemiology and Pathogenesis and Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: An Update (2021, methodology): “A previous retrospective study found that initial inappropriate antimicrobial therapy in septic shock resulted in a 5-fold reduction in survival [90].”