Abstract:BackgroundEarly clinical failure criteria (ECFC) were recently proposed to predict poor clinical outcomes in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infections (BSI). ECFC are measured between 72 and 96 hours from collection of index blood culture (Table 1). The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of ECFC in predicting 28-day mortality in patients with Enterococcus spp. BSI.MethodsThis IRB-approved, retrospective, observational cohort study included adult patients hospitalized at Prisma Hea… Show more
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