Bloodstream infections and setting of onset in persons with spinal cord injury and disorder

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 610-615

  Evans, C T ^a,b,c   Hershow, R C ^c   Chin, A ^a   Foulis, P R ^d   Burns, S P ^e   Weaver, F M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Health care; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 68349100253     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.2     Document Type: Article

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