Validation of a clinical score for assessing the risk of resistant pathogens in patients with pneumonia presenting to the emergency department

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Zilberberg, Marya D ^b,c   Reichley, Richard ^d   Kan, Jason ^d   Hoban, Alex ^e   Hoffman, Justin ^d   Micek, Scott T ^d   Kollef, Marin H ^e  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EviMed Research Group LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84555209205     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir813     Document Type: Article

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