Bacteremia in the elderly. Clinical features and prognostic factors;Bacteriemia en ancianos. Aspectos clínicos y factores pronósticos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 165-170

  Corredoira Sánchez, Juan Carlos ^a   Casariego Vales, Emilio ^a,c   Alonso García, Pilar ^b   Coira Nieto, Amparo ^b   Varela Otero, José ^a   López Álvarez, María José ^a   Rodríguez Feijoo, Asunción ^b   Rabuñal Rey, Ramón ^a   Rigueiro Veloso, Maria Teresa ^a   Monte Secades, Rafael ^a   Cereijo Quinteiro, María José ^a  

^a Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Microbiologia Clinica   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031589380     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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