Bacteremia in a Multilevel Geriatric Hospital

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Lubart, Emily ^a   Segal, Refael ^a   Haimov, Ella ^a   Dan, Michael ^a   Baumoehl, Yehuda ^a   Leibovitz, Arthur ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bloodstream infection; Multilevel geriatric hospital

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDACEAE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DECUBITUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79951678084     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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