Enterococcal infections in critically ill patients admitted to ICU;Infección por enterococo en pacientes críticos ingresados en la UCI

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 281-286

  Álvarez Lerma, Francisco ^a   Palomar, Mercedes ^b   Insausti, Josu ^c   Olaechea, Pedro ^d   Alcalá, Migeul Ángel ^e   Blanco, Armando ^f  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^e Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Enterococcal infections; Enterococcus spp.; ENVIN UCi; ICU; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CODING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0141839675     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13050710     Document Type: Article

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