Antimicrobial Therapy Linked With Increased Mortality Risk Among Inpatients With Negative Blood Cultures, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (1/24, Kuhns) reports, “Antimicrobial therapy is frequently inappropriate and associated with increased mortality risk among inpatients with negative blood cultures. These study findings were published in the Journal of Infection.” In the study, “all-cause 30-day mortality occurred among 70 (8.7%) patients with negative blood cultures. The median time between hospitalization and discharge or mortality was 8 (IQR, 5-15) days.”