Severity of illness scoring systems in patients with bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia: Implications for the intensive care unit care

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 850-857

  Feldman, Charles ^a,o   Alanee, S ^a,b   Yu, Victor L ^g   Richards, G A ^a   Ortqvist, Ake ^q   Rello, J ^e,p   Chiou, C C C ^c   Chedid, Maria Bernadete F ^f   Wagener, M M ^c   Klugman, Keith P ^o   Luna, Carlos M ^h   Mosquera, Ricardo ^h   de Mier, Carmen ^h   Famiglietti, Angela ^h   Vay, Carlos ^h   Gentile, Jorge ⁱ   Sparo, Monica ⁱ   Dias, Cicero ^f   Barth, Afonso L ^j   dos Santos, Breno Riegel ^k   Andremont, Antoine ^l   Grenet, Karine ^l   Pharm, D ^l,p   Mounieme, Hyam ^l   Hui, David ^m   Ip, Margaret ^m   Lyon, Donald ^m   Morris, Arthur J ⁿ   Roberts, Sally A ⁿ   Drinkovic, Dragana ⁿ   Taylor, Susan L ⁿ   van Gottberg, Anne ^o   Poswa, Xoliswa ^o   Morar, Rajen ^o   Gallego, Miquel ^p   Lujan, M ^p   Diaz, Emili ^p   Mariscal, Dolors ^p   Fontanals, Dionisia ^p   Santamaria, Jose M ^p   Rylander, Margareta ^q   Chang, Feng Yee ^r   Ko, Wen Chien ^s   Wu, Wen Pin ^t   Yi, Chia ^t   Snydman, David R ^u   Barefoot, Laurie ^u   McDermott, Laura ^u   Blazes, David L ^v   Marin, Gregory ^v   Baddour, Larry M ^w   Mobasseri, Mandana ^w   Kim, Dong Hoon Daniel ^g   Rihs, John D ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h Hospital de Clinicas   (Argentina)

ⁱ Hospital Santmarina   (Argentina)

^j HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^k Hospital N S Conceicao   (Brazil)

^l BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^m CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁿ AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^o UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^p HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^q KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^r TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^s NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^t St Martin De Porres Hospitals   (Taiwan)

^u TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^v WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Community acquired pneumonia; CURB 65; IDSA ATS guidelines; Pitt Bacteremia Score; Pneumonia Severity Index; Severity of illness; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY SCORE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRB 65 SCORING SYSTEM; CURB 65 SCORING SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IDSA GUIDELINE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PITT BACTEREMIA SCORE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 69249153491     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02901.x     Document Type: Article

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