Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2016
Overall IDSA/SIS intra-abdominal infection guideline compliance was not associated with improved outcomes; however, there was a longer time to active therapy (P=.024) and higher mortality (P=.077) if empiric therapy was too narrow per guidelines. These findings support the need for the implementation of customized institutional guidelines adapted from the IDSA/SIS guidelines.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:855–858
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. This study was presented in part as a poster (#1939) at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Denver, Colorado, on September 13, 2013.