The microbiology and outcome of sepsis in Victoria, Australia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 307-314

  Sundararajan, V ^a   Korman, T ^b   Macisaac, C ^c   Presneill, J J ^c   Cade, J F ^c   Visvanathan, Kumar ^b,d,e  

^a Victorian Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33244492462     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805004796     Document Type: Article

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