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From: The 2021 Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) guidelines for empirical antibacterial therapy of sepsis in adults

Fig. 1

Flow chart of guideline recommendations on empirical antibiotic treatment of sepsis. *For the diagnosis and non-antibiotic treatment of sepsis we refer to the Dutch guideline ‘Sepsis fase 1’ [4]. **For this guideline, 3GC includes ceftriaxone and cefotaxime and does not include the anti-pseudomonal cephalosporin ceftazidime. ***Guidelines on skin and soft tissue infections [109, 110]. 3GCR-E: 3rd generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacterales; 2GC: second generation cephalosporin; 3GC: 3rd generation cephalosporin; SDD: selective decontamination of the digestive tract. CVC: central venous catheter; CAP: community-acquired pneumonia; VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia; HAP: hospital-acquired pneumonia

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