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Linde-Zwirble WT(2004)Nosocomial bloodstream infections in US hospitals: analysis of 24,179 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study Clin Infect Dis 39 309-317

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Clermont G(1998)Prediction of mortality in febrile medical patients: How useful are systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis criteria? Chest 113 1533-1541

Carcillo J(1997)The clinical significance of positive blood cultures in the 1990s: a prospective comprehensive evaluation of the microbiology, epidemiology, and outcome of bacteremia and fungemia in adults Clin Infect Dis 24 584-602

Pinsky MR(2001)Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock N Engl J Med 345 1368-1377

Wisplinghoff H(2004)Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock Crit Care Med 32 858-873

Bischoff T(1992)Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. The ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference Committee. American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Chest 101 1644-1655

Tallent SM(2003)2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions Conference Crit Care Med 31 1250-1256

Seifert H(2008)CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting Am J Infect Control 36 309-332

Angus DC(2001)Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care Crit Care Med 29 1303-1310

Linde-Zwirble WT(2004)Nosocomial bloodstream infections in US hospitals: analysis of 24,179 cases from a prospective nationwide surveillance study Clin Infect Dis 39 309-317

Lidicker J(1997)Predicting bacteremia in patients with sepsis syndrome. Academic Medical Center Consortium Sepsis Project Working Group J Infect Dis 176 1538-1551

Clermont G(1998)Prediction of mortality in febrile medical patients: How useful are systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis criteria? Chest 113 1533-1541

Carcillo J(1997)The clinical significance of positive blood cultures in the 1990s: a prospective comprehensive evaluation of the microbiology, epidemiology, and outcome of bacteremia and fungemia in adults Clin Infect Dis 24 584-602

Pinsky MR(2001)Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock N Engl J Med 345 1368-1377

Wisplinghoff H(2004)Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock Crit Care Med 32 858-873

Bischoff T(1992)Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. The ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference Committee. American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Chest 101 1644-1655

Tallent SM(2003)2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions Conference Crit Care Med 31 1250-1256

Seifert H(2008)CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting Am J Infect Control 36 309-332