A retrospective study of clinical characteristics of acinetobacter bacteremia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 101, 1996, Pages 26-32

  Ng, Tony K C ^a   Ling, Julia M ^a   Cheng, Augustine F B ^a   Norrby, S Ragnar ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINE CATHETER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030300194     PISSN: 03008878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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