Group A streptococcus bacteraemia: Comparison of adults and children in a single medical centre

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-162

  Megged, O ^a,b   Yinnon, A M ^a,b   Raveh, D ^a,b   Rudensky, B ^a,b   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adults; Bacteraemia; Children; Group A streptococcus; Soft tissue infection; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 33644927001     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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