Time to positivity of blood cultures supports early re-evaluation of empiric broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy

• Merel M. C. Lambregts ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.m.c.lambregts@lumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3637-9115

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• Alexandra T. Bernards,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Martha T. van der Beek,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Leo G. Visser,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Mark G. de Boer

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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