Antibiotics were de-escalated on Day 3 based on microbiologic findings only in about one-third of candidates for de-escalation during both periods (QI-5b: 32.4% vs 37.5%).
Here we address that problem by reporting clinical and microbiologic findings of children hospitalized with gastroenteritis in which our most common EAEC serotype, O126:H27, was found.
However, in outbreak investigations, microbiologic findings, production records, and the like lend weight to the inferences drawn from analytic epidemiology (18– 20).
In addition to the microbiologic findings, epidemiologic and clinical data support the presence of an unusually virulent strain.
Microbiologic findings can help to tailor the antibiotic spectrum in selected patients, although they should not be considered alone but rather with reassessment of clinical response at 48 to 72 hours after onset of pneumonia [ 11].
To describe incidence, epidemiologic characteristics, clinical manifestations, tomographic features, microbiologic findings and evolution of patients with nosocomial sinusitis (NS) in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Duke criteria are a widely used collection of clinical and microbiologic findings that emphasize echocardiography and blood cultures as major criteria in the diagnosis of IE [1].
However, case ascertainment may have varied in different countries since some countries identified cases through microbiologic findings only and some through clinical as well as microbiologic findings.
For example, a pathologic finding of diffuse alveolar damage was critical for the final diagnosis of acute interstitial pneumonia in patients with progressive pulmonary infiltrate who did not have positive microbiologic findings and had no history of exposure to other causes of diffuse alveolar damage.
The critical contribution of microbiologic findings to the current clinical diagnostic criteria is emphasized.
