Influence of referral bias on the clinical characteristics of patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1750-1756

  Al Hasan, M N ^a,b   Eckel Passow, J E ^b   Baddour, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; epidemiology; Gram negative; population based; Rochester Epidemiology Project; selection bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80053567510     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881100001X     Document Type: Article

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