Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMIPENEM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGIC SCORE II; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748605561     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-132     Document Type: Article

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