Population-based burden of bloodstream infections in Finland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Skogberg, K ^a   Lyytikainen O ^b   Ollgren, J ^b   Nuorti, J P ^b,c   Ruutu, P ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Bloodstream infection; Incidence; Mortality; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861003205     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03845.x     Document Type: Article

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