Role of blood culture systems in the evaluation of epidemiological features of coagulase-negative staphylococcal bloodstream infection in critically ill patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 899-901

  Oud, L ^a,b   Krimerman, S ^a   Salam, N ^a   Srugo, I ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033369776     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050428     Document Type: Article

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