The effect of empiric antibiotic therapy on mortality in debilitated patients with dementia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 813-818

  Reisfeld, S ^a   Paul, M ^b,c   Gottesman, B S ^a,c   Shitrit, P ^a,c   Leibovici, L ^b,c   Chowers, M ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79956076173     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1161-x     Document Type: Article

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