Patterns of antimicrobial therapy in severe nosocomial infections: empiric choices, proportion of appropriate therapy, and adaptation rates—a multicentre, observational survey in critically ill patients

Vogelaers, Dirk; De Bels, David; Forêt, Frédéric; Cran, Sophie; Gilbert, Eric; Schoonheydt, Karen; Blot, Stijn; for the ANTHICUS Study Investigators,

doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.11.015

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Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 375-381, April 2010

Patterns of antimicrobial therapy in severe nosocomial infections: empiric choices, proportion of appropriate therapy, and adaptation rates—a multicentre, observational survey in critically ill patients

Dirk Vogelaers
- General Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
David De Bels
- Intensive Care Department, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Frédéric Forêt
- Department of Internal Medicine – Intensive Care Unit, CHR St. Joseph-Warquignies, Boussu, Belgium
Sophie Cran
- Intensive Care Department, CHIREC, Brussels, Belgium
Eric Gilbert
- Intensive Care Department, CHR du Tournaisis, Tournai, Belgium
Karen Schoonheydt
- Intensive Care Department, Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Stijn Blot
- General Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +32 9 332 62 16.
for the ANTHICUS Study Investigators
- The ANTHICUS Study Investigators are: O. Abid (RHMS, Ath, Belgium), S. Cran (CHIREC, Brussels, Belgium), D. De Bels (CHU Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium), F. De Leener (CHR St. joseph-Warquignies, Boussu, Belgium), L. Finianos (Clinique St. Joseph, Liège, Belgium), F. Forêt (CHR St. Joseph-Warquignies, Mons, Belgium), M. Genard (CIU Ambroise Paré, Mons, Belgium), E. Gilbert (CHR du Tournaisis, Tournai, Belgium), E. Khodadadi (IRIS Sud-Bracops, Brussels, Belgium), S. Machayekhi (CH Hornu Frameries, Hornu), D. Mircev (IRIS Sud-Etterbeek-Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium), D. Neuberg (CH de L’Ardenne, Libramont, Belgium), J.-Y. Piette (CH Bois de l’Abbaye, Seraign, Belgium), P. Serpe (CH ND Bruyères, Chenee, Belgium), F. Beernaert (H. Hart Ziekenhuis, Eeklo, Belgium), K. De Decker (Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium), K. De Ridder (AZ Maria Middelares, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium), C. Declercq (St. Josef Ziekenhuis, Izegem, Belgium), I. Demeyer (OLV Aalst, Aalst, Belgium), B. Nonneman (ASZ, Aalst, Belgium), K. Schoonheydt (ZNA, Antwerp, Belgium, W. Swinnen (AZ St. Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium), and L. Wosteyn (ASZ, Roeselaere, Belgium).