Prediction of poorer prognosis by infection with antibiotic-resistant gram-positive cocci than by infection with antibiotic-sensitive strains

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1033-1040

  Gleason, Thomas G ^a,b   Crabtree, Traves D ^a   Pelletier, Shawn J ^a   Raymond, Daniel P ^a   Karchmer, Tobi B ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032823288     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.10.1033     Document Type: Article

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