Prospective evaluation of the epidemiology, microbiology, and outcome of bloodstream infections in adult surgical cancer patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 596-602

  Velasco, E ^a   Soares, M ^b   Byington, R ^b   Martins, C A S ^b   Schirmer, M ^b   Dias, L M C ^b   Goncalves V M S ^b  

^a Centro de Tratamento Intensivo ^*  (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544370727     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1181-x     Document Type: Article

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