Changing incidence of detected streptococcal bacteraemia in North Yorkshire, England

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 119, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 160-163

  Barnham, Michael R D ^b,c   Weightman, Nigel C ^a  

^a FRIARAGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Group C streptococci; Group G streptococci; Incidence of disease; S. bovis; S. milleri; S. pyogenes; S. suis; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 3442893290     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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