Hospitalized patients with bacterial infections: A potential focus of SARS transmission during an outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-408

  Wilder Smith, A ^a   Green, J A ^a   Paton, N I ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELENA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SUPERINFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; VOMITING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 2642540870     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803001869     Document Type: Article

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