Microbiological factors influencing the outcome of nosocomial bloodstream infections: A 6-year validated, population-based model

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1068-1078

  Pittet, Didier ^c   Li, Ning ^a   Woolson, Robert F ^d   Wenzel, Richard P ^b  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030977378     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513640     Document Type: Article

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