Optimization of empirical antibiotic selection for suspected Gram-negative bacteraemia in the emergency department.

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Published in Int J Antimicrob Agents on May 01, 2005

Authors

Shmuel Benenson1, Amos M Yinnon, Yechiel Schlesinger, Bernard Rudensky, David Raveh

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, P.O. Box 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Affiliated with the Ben-Gurion Faculty of Medicine, Be'er-Sheva, Israel.

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