Nosocomial bacteremia in very old patients: Predictors of mortality

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-342

  Gavazzi, Gaétan ^a   Escobar, Philippe ^b   Olive, Frédéric ^b   Couturier, Pascal ^b   Franco, Alain ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nosocomial bacteremia; Outcome; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

POSIBACTERIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FRANCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644646324     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324619     Document Type: Article

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