The effect of statins on mortality in patients with bacteremia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1352-1357

  Liappis, A P ^a,d   Kan, V L ^c,d   Rochester, C G ^c   Simon, G L ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c George Washington University Medical Center ^*

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; STATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTEREMIA; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMVASTATIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035887840     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323334     Document Type: Article

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