Role of bacterial virulence factors and host factors in the outcome of Escherichia coli bacteraemia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 312-316

  Hekker, T A M ^a   Groeneveld, A B J ^a   Simoons Smit, A M ^a   De Man, P ^b   Connell, H ^c   MacLaren, D M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOLYSIN; O ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034061376     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050483     Document Type: Article

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