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Lethality is associated with inappropriate empirical antibiotic treatment.
By using the more broad-spectrum antibiotics, the coverage of the treatment could be increased. This attempt would most likely result in an increased frequency of bacterial resistance, as there is a positive correlation between use of antibiotics and development of resistance. Therefore, the treatment of the present patient has to be balanced in some way to loss of possibilities for treating future patients. A logical regression model has been constructed, which together with a BN and assessments of cost, form the system. On figure 1, a single decision module for a pathogen is shown.