Adequacy of Antimicrobial Empirical Treatment for Sepsis in the Emergency Department of a Large University Hospital

Purpose: This retrospective study analyzes the adequacy of the empirical antimicrobial treatment for sepsis at the emergency department according to the results of the microbiological isolations and describes the associations between microbiological variables and mortality. Values for several clinical and microbiological variables were prospectively collected for a total of 101 patients. Cases of inadequate antimicrobial treatment as defined in the text were further studied.