Clinical profile and prognosis of bacteremia in cirrhotic patients based on the Child-Pugh classification;Perfil clínico y pronóstico de las bacteriemias en pacientes cirróticos de acuerdo con la clasificación de Child-Pugh

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 199, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 716-721

  Monte Secades, R ^a,c   Casariego Vales, E ^a   Mateos Colino, A ^a   Rigueiro Veloso, T ^a   Alonso Garcia P ^b   Rodriguez Feijoo A ^b   Corredoira Sanchez J ^a  

^a Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Microbiologia Clinica   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Child Pugh classification; Cirrhosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042933081     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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