Risk factors for mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-37

  Conterno, Lucieni Oliveira ^a   Wey, Sergio Barsanti ^a   Castelo, Adauto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031612868     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141354     Document Type: Article

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