The distinct category of healthcare associated bloodstream infections

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lenz, Ryan ^a   Leal, Jenine R ^b   Church, Deirdre L ^a,c,d   Gregson, Daniel B ^a,c,d   Ross, Terry ^d   Laupland, Kevin B ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

^e Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859396539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-85     Document Type: Article

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