Blood culture practices and microbiological capacity for sepsis diagnostics in Europe (2021–2022) - a cross-sectional analysis of the European Sepsis Care Survey

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Blood culture practices and laboratory microbiological capacity for sepsis diagnostics are assessed across European settings using data from the European Sepsis Care Survey for 2021–2022. The study provides a cross-sectional analysis focused on how blood cultures and relevant microbiological capabilities support diagnostic processes for sepsis. Authorship spans multiple European institutions and collaborators, reflecting coordinated clinical and microbiological expertise. The article is published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 62, with a listed DOI and publication details.

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Blood culture practices and microbiological capacity for sepsis diagnostics in Europe (2021–2022): a cross-sectional analysis of the European Sepsis Care Survey

Articles Blood culture practices and microbiological capacity for sepsis diagnostics in Europe (2021–2022): a cross-sectional analysis of the European Sepsis Care Survey Christian S. Scheer,a,∗,al,ao EvangelosJ. Giamarellos-Bourboulis,b,al,am,ao Djillali Annane,c,al Antonio Artigas,d,al Abdullah Tarik Aslan,e,ao Gabriella Bottari,f,ap Hjalmar R. Bouma,g Vladimir ˇCerný,h,i Renata Curi Radivojevi,j Ken Dewitte,k Daniela Filipescu,l,m,al,au Matthias Gründling,a Johanna Hästbacka,n Said Laribi,o,aq Annmarie Lassen,p Konstantin Lebedinskii,q Adam Linder,r,al Jan Máca,s Manu L. N. G. Malbrain,t,u,ar Gianpaola Monti,v Marlies Ostermann,w,an,as Michael Osthoff,x,ao José Artur Paiva,y Michela Sabbatucci,z Jakub ´Smiechowicz,aa Mihai Gabriel tefan,l Marcus Vollmer,ab Natalija Vukovi,ac Kyriakos Zaragkoulias,ad,ae Konrad Reinhart,af,al,at Ricard Ferrer,ag,aj,ak,al,an and Evgeny A. Idelevich,ah,ai,ao for the European Sepsis Care Study Group on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group for Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis (ESGBIES) and the European Sepsis Alliance (ESA)av aDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany b4th Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece cService de Réanimation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, Garches, Versailles, France dCritical Care Center, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, CIBERes, Institut d’Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT-CERCA), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain eDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye fPaediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Emergency and General Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy gDepartment of Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands hDept. of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Charles University in Prague, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic iConstantine the Philospher University in Nitra, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Slovak Republic jDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, Zagreb University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia kEmergency Department, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium lDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care,“Prof Dr CC Iliescu” Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania mUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania nDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland oTours University, School of Medicine and Tours University Hospital, CHU Tours, Emergency Medicine Department, 37044, Tours, France pDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark qNorth-West State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation rDivision of Infection Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden sDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Ostrava and University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic tFirst Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland *Corresponding author. Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße, 17475, Greifswald, Germany. E-mail address: [christian.scheer@med.uni-greifswald.de](christian.scheer@med.uni-greifswald.de) (C.S. Scheer). alRepresentati

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What is the main focus of the study?

The study examines blood culture practices and microbiological capacity supporting sepsis diagnostics across Europe during 2021–2022.

What type of research design is used?

The work is described as a cross-sectional analysis based on data from the European Sepsis Care Survey.

Which publication and bibliographic details are provided?

The document lists publication information in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, including volume and an associated DOI.

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