Antimicrobial de-escalation in septic cancer patients: is it safe to back down?

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Nov;41(11):2022-3. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4016-6. Epub 2015 Aug 22.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / economics
  • Cancer Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
  • Cause of Death
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial / drug effects
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data
  • Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • New York City / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sepsis / drug therapy*
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Sepsis / mortality

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents