e26014th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID) Abstracts four percent (12/49) of patients received inappropriate initial antibiotics and 83% (10/12) of these were patients who had RGN. Mortality trended higher in patients with RGN infection compared to other GN bacilli (3/10, 30% vs. 3/39, 7.7%; p = 0.06).Conclusion: Most patients diagnosed with GN-CRBSI did not meet our strict criteria for diagnosis, a fact that suggests that GN-CRBSI is misdiagnosed. However, the true diagnosis of GN-CRBSI does not clearly impact mortality or median length of stay. There was a nonsignificant trend towards increased mortality in patients with RGN infection. Antibiotics active against RGN should be considered as part of initial empiric coverage.
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