Bacteremia in Febrile Patients: A Clinical Model for Diagnosis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 1801-1806

  Leibovici, Leonard ^a,b   Greenshtain, Shai ^a,b   Cohen, Ohad ^a,b   Mor, Felix ^a,b   Wysenbeek, Arjeh J ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0026095163     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1991.00400090089016     Document Type: Article

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