Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
The Pitt Bacteremia Score Predicts Mortality in Nonbacteremic Infections.
Predicting mortality risk in patients is important in research settings. The Pitt bacteremia score (PBS) is commonly used as a predictor of early mortality risk in patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs). We determined whether the PBS predicts 14-day inpatient mortality in nonbacteremia carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections. ⋯ Here, we validated that the PBS and qPitt score can be used as reliable predictors of mortality in nonbacteremia CRE infections.