Context: In empirical therapy, a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified. While the microorgainsim is being identified the doctor will usually administer the best choice of antibiotic that will be most active against the likely cause of infection usually a broad spectrum antibiotic. Empirical therapy is usually initiated before the doctor knows the exact identification of microorgansim causing the infection as the identification process make take several days in the laboratory.

Question: What is one kind of therapy that may be used when a patience has an infection, but it has not been identified?
Answer: empirical therapy

Question: Where do doctors perform microorganism identification testing?
Answer: laboratory

Question: What kinds of antibiotics are most commonly used for empirical therapy?
Answer: broad spectrum antibiotic

Question: At what stage does a doctor begin empirical therapy?
Answer: While the microorgainsim is being identified

Question: How long does the identification process take?
Answer: several days

Question: What happens when a doctor doesn't know the microorganism yet?
Answer: broad spectrum antibiotic

Question: What happens in empirical therapy?
Answer: a patient has proven or suspected infection, but the responsible microorganism is not yet unidentified

Question: When is empirical started?
Answer: before the doctor knows the exact identification of microorgansim

Question: What is one kind of microorganism that may be used when a patient has an infection but it has not yet been identified?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where do doctors perform empirical therapy testing?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What kinds of infections are most commonly used for empirical therapy?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: At what age does a microorganism begin empirical therapy?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How long does the infection process take?
Answer: Unanswerable