Empirical treatment of bacteraemic urinary tract infection: Evaluation of a decision support system

摘要

Introduction: In a Danish county with a low prevalence of antibiotic resist- ance to most antibiotics. We have constructed and evaluated a decision sup- port system (DSS) for guidance of empirical antibiotic therapy in patients with bacteraemia originating from the urinary tract. Methodology: The DSS was based upon a causal probabilistic network, and A decision theoretic approach was used to balance the costs of antibiotic ther- Apy against the therapeutic benefit.