Adherence to ID Specialists' Recommendations?

Community-acquired infection, advice on antibiotic nonuse or discontinuation, and recommendations for performing monitoring tests were associated with higher rates of adherence.

Infectious disease (ID) specialists are often consulted during treatment of patients with infections. To study factors associated with adherence to the specialists' recommendations and to determine whether adherence affects clinical outcomes, researchers in France conducted a prospective study involving inpatients who were treated at a Grenoble hospital for >24 hours between December 2007 and June 2008 and for whom an ID consultation was requested.

Among the 621 participants, 44% had undergone a surgical procedure, and 67% were receiving antibiotic treatment before the ID consultation was requested. The infections most commonly involved the respiratory tract (17%), the urogenital tract (11%), the abdomen (10%), or surgical wounds (10%); over…

Reviewing Author

Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Thomas Glück, MD

Disclosures

Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection