Bloodstream Infections in a Geriatric Cohort: A Population-Based Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1078-1083

  Crane, Sarah J ^a   Uslan, Daniel Z ^a   Baddour, Larry M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Bacteremia; Bloodstream infection; Geriatric; Population based

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 36448957644     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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