Measuring Diagnostic Accuracy for Infection in Patients Treated for Sepsis: An Important but Challenging Exercise

Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 16;76(12):2056-2058. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad105.

Authors

Chanu Rhee^{1

2}, Michael Filbin³, Michael Klompas^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 36804679
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad105

No abstract available

Keywords: antibiotic overtreatment; infection overdiagnosis; sepsis; sepsis overdiagnosis.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Medical Overuse*
Sepsis* / diagnosis