Reevaluation of anaerobic blood cultures in a veteran population

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 986-988

  Chandler, Thomas M ^b   Morton, Steven E ^b   Byrd Jr , Ryland P ^a   Fields, Cheryl ^b   Roy, Thomas M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0034293355     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200093100-00008     Document Type: Article

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