Blood stream infections: Micro-organisms, risk factors and mortality rate in Qatif Central Hospital

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-180

  Elbashier, Ali M ^a   Malik, Abdul G ^a   Khot, Anil P ^a  

^a QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0031666209     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.176     Document Type: Article

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