Clinical features and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus infection in elderly versus younger adult patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kang, Cheol In ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aged; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650907810     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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