Staphylococcus aureus in a single positive blood culture: Causes and outcome

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 645-647

  Khatib, Riad ^a   Schaffer, Courtney ^a   Johnson, Leonard B ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; RELAPSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036385147     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147994     Document Type: Article

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