Prevalence and epidemiology of microbial pathogens causing bloodstream infections: Results of the OASIS multicenter study

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-369

  Luzzaro, Francesco ^a   Ortisi, Giuseppe ^b   Larosa, Monica ^c   Drago, Monica ^b   Brigante, Gioconda ^a   Gesu, Giovanni ^b  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c Exploratory Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood cultures; Community acquired; Hospital acquired; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952437504     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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