Nosocomial febrile illness in the elderly: Frequency, causes, and risk factors

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1560-1565

  Trivalle, Christophe ^a   Chassagne, Philippe ^a   Bouaniche, Marc ^a   Landrin, Isabelle ^a   Marie, Isabelle ^a   Kadri, Nadir ^a   Menard, Jean François ^a   Lemeland, Jean François ^a   Doucet, Jean ^a   Bercoff, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULITIS;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031853651     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.14.1560     Document Type: Article

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