Cost-effectiveness of blood cultures for adult patients with cellulitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1483-1488

  Perl, Bezalel ^a   Gottehrer, Nathan P ^a   Raveh, David ^a   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a   Rudensky, Bernard ^a   Yinnon, Amos M ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033371640     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313525     Document Type: Article

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