Identification of clinical risk factors for nosocomial pneumococcal bacteremia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 178-183

  Rubins, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Cheung, SiuPo ^a,b   Carson, Paul ^a,b   Bloomfield Rubins, Hanna ^a,b   Janoff, Edward N ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032766649     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520148     Document Type: Article

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