Predictors and Outcomes of Antibiotic Adequacy for Bloodstream Infections in Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1364-1370

  Evans, Charlesnika T ^a,b   Burns, Stephen P ^c   Chin, Amy ^a   Weaver, Frances M ^a,b   Hershow, Ronald C ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Drug resistance; Drug therapy; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 67849103276     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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