Yijie Liu, Ting Sun, Ying Cai, Tianshu Zhai, Linna Huang, Qi Zhang, Chunlei Wang, He Chen, Xu Huang, Min Li, Jingen Xia, Sichao Gu, Lingxi Guo, Bin Yang, Xiaojing Wu, Binghuai Lu, Qingyuan Zhan
BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infections (BSI) are one of the most severe healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units (ICU). However, there are few studies on pneumonia-related BSI (PRBSI) in the ICU. This study aimed to investigate the clinical and prognostic characteristics of patients with PRBSI in the ICU and to provide a clinical basis for early clinical identification. METHODS: We retrospectively collected data from patients with bacterial BSI in a single-center ICU between January 1, 2017, and August 31, 2020...
2023: Frontiers in Public Health