Long-term Survival Following Bacteremia or Fungemia

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 807-812

  Leibovici, Leonard ^a   Samra, Zmira ^a   Konigsberger, Hanna ^a   Drucker, Moshe ^a   Ashkenazi, Shai ^a   Pitlik, Silvio D ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029147774     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530100047033     Document Type: Article

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