Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1342-1346

  Marra, Alexandre R ^a,b,c   Edmond, Michael B ^b   Forbes, Betty A ^b   Wenzel, Richard P ^b   Bearman, Gonzalo M L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c A D Williams Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHARLSON SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTORICAL COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TIME TO BLOOD CULTURE POSITIVITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33645943068     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1342-1346.2006     Document Type: Article

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