Treatment and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A prospective study of 278 cases

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-32

  Jensen, Allan G ^a   Wachmann, Carsten H ^a   Espersen, Frank ^a   Scheibel, Jens ^b   Skinhøj, Peter ^c   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DENMARK; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037074188     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.1.25     Document Type: Article

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