Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in older adults: Clinical outcomes and risk factors for in-hospital mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-305

  Big, Cecilia ^a   Malani, Preeti N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bloodstream infections; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 75749091183     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02666.x     Document Type: Article

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