Prospective national survey of viridans streptococcal bacteraemia risk factors, antibacterial susceptibility and outcome of 120 episodes

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 637-641

  Mrazova, M ^a   Docze, A ^b   Buckova, E ^c   Bucko, L ^c   Kacmarikova, M ^c   Grey, E ^c   Korcova, J ^c   Koprnova, J ^c   Saboova, Z ^c   Beno, P ^c   Karvaj, M ^c   Svetlansky, I ^b   Ondrus, A ^c   Benca, J ^b   Taziarova, M ^b   Rudinsky, B ^d   Krcmery Jr , V ^a,b,c  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d St Elisabeth School of Health and Social Science   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMA; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTUBATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLOVAKIA; SOLID TUMOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STROKE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 25444531168     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510043266     Document Type: Article

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