Prospective evaluation of blood cultures in a Turkish university hospital: Epidemiology, microbiology and patient outcome

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1038-1044

  Esel, D ^a   Doganay, M ^a   Alp, E ^a   Sumerkan, B ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Blood culture; Bloodstream infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE CATHETER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0242331741     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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