Clinical characteristics and outcomes of pneumococcal bacteremia in adult patients with liver cirrhosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-164

  Choi, Seong Ho ^a,b   Park, Hyun Gu ^a,b   Jun, Jae Bum ^a,b   Lee, Sang Oh ^a,b   Choi, Sang Ho ^a,b   Woo, Jun Hee ^a,b   Kim, Yang Soo ^a,b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Liver cirrhosis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFOTAXIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58249142897     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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