Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in a community hospital

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-390

  Torres, Jose Miguel ^a   Cardenas, Omar ^a   Vasquez, Andres ^a   Schlossberg, David ^a  

^a EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Bacteremia; Hyperbilirubinemia; Hyponatremia; Pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ELECTROLYTE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031888025     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.387     Document Type: Article

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