Risk factors influencing clinical outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a Turkish University Hospital

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Topeli, Arzu ^a   Ünal, Serhat ^a   Akalin, H Erdal ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mortality; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXACILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY;

EID: 0343775867     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00147-8     Document Type: Article

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