Bloodstream Infections in Sepsis: Better the Devil You Know

Alexander Lawandi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Editorial

Alexander Lawandi. Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 1;51(9):1261-1263.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005918. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

Alexander Lawandi^{1

2}

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Lawandi has disclosed that he does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

Epidemiology, Resistance Profiles, and Outcomes of Bloodstream Infections in Community-Onset Sepsis in the United States.
Ohnuma T, Chihara S, Costin B, Treggiari M, Bartz RR, Raghunathan K, Krishnamoorthy V. Ohnuma T, et al. Crit Care Med. 2023 Sep 1;51(9):1148-1158. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005870. Epub 2023 Apr 5. Crit Care Med. 2023. PMID: 37276351

1. Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al.: Surviving sepsis campaign: International guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Crit Care Med. 2021; 49:e1063–e1143
1. Rhee C, Dantes RB, Epstein L, et al.: Using objective clinical data to track progress on preventing and treating sepsis: CDC’s new “adult sepsis event” surveillance strategy. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019; 28:305–309
1. Rhee C, Dantes R, Epstein L, et al.; CDC Prevention Epicenter Program: Incidence and trends of sepsis in US hospitals using clinical vs claims data, 2009-2014. JAMA. 2017; 318:1241–1249
1. Rhee C, Kadri SS, Dekker JP, et al.; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program: Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens in culture-proven sepsis and outcomes associated with inadequate and broad-spectrum empiric antibiotic use. JAMA Network Open. 2020; 3:e202899
1. Ohnuma T, Chihara S, Costin B, et al.: Epidemiology, Resistance Profiles, and Outcomes of Bloodstream Infections in Community-Onset Sepsis in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2023; 51:1148–1158