A clinical audit of presentation and outcome of salmonella septicaemia

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 749-753

  Habib, Abdul G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Enteric; Fatal; Immunocompromised; Non typhoidal

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ASIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STOMACH DISEASE; TRAVEL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 13244271283     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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