Enterobacter species bacteremia: Factors predictive of mortality at a tertiary care institution

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-127

  Bonomo, Robert A ^a,c   Florentino, Marcantonio ^a   Salvatore, Ann ^b   Jacobs, Michael ^b   Morrisey, Ann ^b   Whalen, Christopher ^b   Salata, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Geriatric CARE Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034002398     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-200009030-00005     Document Type: Article

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