infectious-disease anaesthesia-icu emergency
Pitt Bacteraemia Score
Severity score in patients with bloodstream infection (Hilf 1989). Predicts mortality and used to stratify patients in clinical trials of new antibiotics. Sums 5 weighted variables (max 14).
References
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Drugs
- Daptomycin · Cyclic Lipopeptide — MRSA / VRE / Bacteraemia / Endocarditis
- Ceftriaxone (Paediatric) · Third-Generation Cephalosporin — Meningitis / Sepsis / Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Gentamicin (Paediatric) · Aminoglycoside — Neonatal Sepsis / Gram-Negative Infections in Children
- Piperacillin-Tazobactam (Burns — Sepsis) · Antibiotic — Extended-Spectrum Penicillin + Beta-Lactamase Inhibitor
- Meropenem (Burns — Severe Sepsis/MDR) · Antibiotic — Carbapenem
Pathways
Decision support only — verify against MDCalc, NICE, or your local guideline before clinical use.