Invasive listeriosis in Denmark 1994-2003: A review of 299 cases with special emphasis on risk factors for mortality

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 618-624

  Gerner Smidt, P ^a   Ethelberg, S ^a   Schiellerup, P ^a   Christensen, J J ^a   Engberg, J ^a   Fussing, V ^a   Jensen, A ^a   Jensen, C ^a   Petersen, A M ^a   Bruun, B G ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Invasive disease; Listeriosis; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LISTERIA; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 22944434564     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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