Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis: The Grady Memorial Hospital experience with methicillin-sensitive S aureus and methicillin- resistant S aureus bacteremia

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 536-539

  Abraham, James ^a   Mansour, Craig ^a   Veledar, Emir ^a   Khan, Bobby ^a   Lerakis, Stamatios ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emory Center for Outcomes Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2342438440     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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