Bacteremia in the chronic spinal cord injury population: Risk factors for mortality

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-253

  Wall, Barry M ^a   Mangold, Therese ^a   Huch, Kim M ^a   Corbett, Cathy ^b   Cooke, C Robert ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Bacteremia; Malnutrition; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0041334255     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2003.11753692     Document Type: Article

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