Clostridial bacteremia in the community hospital

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-30

  Haddy, Richard I ^a   Nadkarni, Dipak D ^c   Mann, Barbara L ^b   Little, David R ^b   Domers, Theresa D ^b   Clover, Richard D ^a   Silvers, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033953201     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540050164173     Document Type: Article

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