Diagnostic performance of food consumption for bacteraemia in patients admitted with suspected infection: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A previous study reported that food consumption is useful to rule out bacteraemia in hospitalised patients. We aimed to validate the diagnostic performance of (1) food consumption and (2) a previously reported algorithm using food consumption and shaking chills for bacteraemia in patients admitted to hospital with suspected infection.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Department of General Medicine in two acute care hospitals in Japan.

Participants

A total of 2009 adult patients who underwent at least two blood cultures on admission.

Primary outcome measures

The reference standard for bacteraemia was judgement by two independent specialists of infectious diseases. Food consumption was evaluated by the physician in charge asking the pati

SUBMITTER: Takada T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8162084 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature