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JAC Advance Access published online on October 3, 2007
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkm379
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Comment on: Impact of antibiotic resistance and of adequate empirical antibiotic treatment in the prognosis of patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia

Stijn Blot1,2,3,*, Dominique Vandijck1,2, Koenraad Vandewoude1,2,3, Pieter Depuydt1, Dirk Vogelaers2,4 and Renaat Peleman2,4

1 Intensive Care Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium 2 Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 3 Faculty of Healthcare, University College Ghent, Ghent, Belgium 4 Infectious Diseases Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

* Correspondence address. Intensive Care Department, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Tel: +32-9-240-62-16; Fax: +32-9-240-49-95; E-mail: stijn.blot@UGent.be

Key Words: bacteraemia , Escherichia spp. , antibiotic policy

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Sir,

We read with interest the article by Peralta et al.1 nicely outlining the relationships between multidrug resistance (MDR), decreased likelihood of appropriate empirical therapy and limited odds of survival. The authors concluded that continuing efforts should be aimed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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