Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-174

  Akbar, Daad H ^a   Mushtaq, Maimona A ^a   El Tahawi, Ahmed T ^a   Bahnasy, Ahmed A ^b  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Risk factors; Sources; Staph.aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034139883     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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