The Case Fatality Rate of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection among the Elderly in a Geriatric Hospital and Their Risk Factors

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-82

  Washio, Masakazu ^b   Kiyohara, Chikako ^b   Hamada, Tadashi ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^b   Arai, Yumiko ^c   Okayama, Masahiro ^a  

^a Imazu Sekijuji Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Case fatality rate; Elderly; Hypoalbuminemia; MRSA

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031218755     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.183.75     Document Type: Article

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