Multicenter study evaluating the role of enterococci in secondary bacterial peritonitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 456-459

  Cercenado, Emilia ^a   Torroba, Luis ^b   Cantón, Rafael ^c   Martínez Martínez, Luis ^d   Chaves, Fernando ^e   García Rodríguez, Jose Angel ^f   Lopez Garcia, Carmen ^g   Aguilar, Lorenzo ^h   García Rey, César ⁱ   García Escribano, Nuria ⁱ   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

ⁱ AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; COMORBIDITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75649100863     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01782-09     Document Type: Article

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