Klebsiella bacteraemia: Community versus nosocomial infection

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 933-941

  Yinnon, A M ^a   Butnaru, A ^a   Raveh, D ^a   Jerassy, Z ^a   Rudensky, B ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030446642     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.12.933     Document Type: Article

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