Bacteremia patient who needed admission
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Hokkaido university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We recruited the patients as below. (i) Cases admitted with bacteremia in the period 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2022 in the research hospitals. Cases should be consecutively enrolled. (ii) 20 years of age or older. Bacteremia is defined as patients with a positive blood culture, excluding false-positive cases (contamination).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We excluded the patients as below. (i) Patient with bacteremia was treated surgically at the time of initial presentation or transferred to the research hospital (ii) Patient presenting with bacteremia during hospitalization (at least 48 hours after admission). (iii) Patient not admitted to the research hospital (iv) Patient less than 20-year-old (v) Recurrent bacteremia patient during the study period *Excluded if the patient or his/her representative requests refusal to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Our primary outcome is Early antibiotics treatment failure (EATF) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Our secondary outcome is mortality, change of antibiotics, and operation. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHiroyoshi Iwata
Hokkaido university Center for Environmental and Health Sciences
Outcome results
None listed