Severity of human non-typhoid salmonellosis as a predictor of short- and long-term mortality

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Gradel, Kim O ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^a   Lundbye Christensen, Søren ^a   Ejlertsen, Tove ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58449101580     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802620603     Document Type: Article

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