Using the number needed to treat to assess appropriate antimicrobial therapy as a determinant of outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock.

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Published in Crit Care Med on November 01, 2014

Authors

Cristina Vazquez-Guillamet1, Michael Scolari, Marya D Zilberberg, Andrew F Shorr, Scott T Micek, Marin Kollef

Author Affiliations

1: 1Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 2Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. 3School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 4Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. 5Division of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO.

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