Characteristics and outcomes of culture-negative versus culture-positive severe sepsis

• Main Authors: Phua, J, Ngerng, W.J, See, K.C, Tay, C.K, Kiong, T, Lim, H.F, Chew, M.Y, Yip, H.S, Tan, A, Khalizah, H.J, Capistrano, R, Lee, K.H, Mukhopadhyay, A
• Other Authors: MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: antibiotic agent; C reactive protein; glucocorticoid; procalcitonin; vasoactive agent; Acinetobacter baumannii; adult; aged; APACHE; article; artificial ventilation; Bacillus; bacterial endocarditis; Bacteroides fragilis; blood culture; blood pressure; cerebrospinal fluid; Citrobacter; cohort analysis; comorbidity; Corynebacterium; Enterobacter cloacae; Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; female; Gram negative bacterium; Haemophilus influenzae; heart rate; hospitalization; human; intensive care unit; Klebsiella pneumoniae; length of stay; liver abscess; lung lavage; major clinical study; male; mean arterial pressure; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; mortality; pleura fluid; priority journal; Propionibacterium; prospective study; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; renal replacement therapy; Salmonella; sepsis; septic shock; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score; skin infection; soft tissue infection; Staphylococcus aureus; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Streptococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; tachycardia; tracheal aspiration procedure; urinary tract infection; bacterial count; comparative study; Gram positive bacterium; isolation and purification; microbiology; middle aged; procedures; treatment outcome; trends; Aged; Cohort Studies; Colony Count, Microbial; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Positive Bacteria; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Sepsis; Treatment Outcome
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/175330
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/cc12896