Comparing mortality between positive and negative blood culture results: an inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis of a multicenter cohort.
Aibo LiuChia-Hung YoLu NieHua YuKuihai WuHoi Sin TongTzu-Chun HsuWan-Ting HsuChien-Chang LeePublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
Culture-positive sepsis patients had comparable early mortality but worse late mortality than culture-negative sepsis patients in this cohort. Persistent Staphylococcal bacteremia may have contributed to the increased late mortality.
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- cardiovascular events
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- acute kidney injury
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- intensive care unit
- clinical trial
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- combination therapy
- double blind