Short-term mortality in relation to age and comorbidity in older adults with community-acquired bacteremia: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1593-1600

  Søgaard, Mette ^a,b,c   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^b   Riis, Anders ^c   Sørensen, Henrik T ^c,d   Nørgaard, Mette ^c  

^a Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Bacteremia; Comorbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51249124651     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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