The importance of pathogens in sepsis: Staphylococcus aureus story

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-176

  Santini, Marija ^a   Kutlesa, Marko ^a   Pangercic, Ana ^a   Barsic, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; APACHE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 76649124271     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903384141     Document Type: Article

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