Development and validation of BLOOMY prediction scores for 14-day and 6-month mortality in hospitalised adults with bloodstream infections: a multicentre, prospective, cohort study

The burden of bloodstream infections remains high worldwide and cannot be confined to short-term in-hospital mortality. We aimed to develop scores to predict short-term and long-term mortality in patients with bloodstream infections.

Tacconelli E, Göpel S, Gladstone BP, Eisenbeis S, Hölzl F, Buhl M, Górska A, Cattaneo C, Mischnik A, Rieg S, Rohde AM, Kohlmorgen B, Falgenhauer J, Trauth J, Käding N, Kramme E, Biehl LM, Walker SV, Peter S, Gastmeier P, Chakraborty T, Vehreschild MJ, Seifert H, Rupp J, Kern WV; DZIF BLOOMY study group

Emerg Infect Dis, 2022. 22(5):731-741.