Nosocomial bacteremia in a large spanish teaching hospital: Analysis of factors influencing prognosis

Reviews of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 203-204

  Gatell, J M ^a,b   Trilla, A ^a   Latorre, X ^a   Almela, M ^a   Mensa, J ^a   Moreno, A ^a   Miro, J M ^a   Martinez, J A ^a   de Jimenez Anta, M T ^a   Soriano, E ^a   Garcia San Miguel, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SPAIN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEPTICEMIA; SOFTWARE; SPAIN;

EID: 0023797292     PISSN: 01620886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/10.1.203     Document Type: Article

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