Occult staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in adult emergency department patients: Rare but important

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1536-1544

  Fu, Chia Ming ^a   Tseng, Wen Pin ^a   Chiang, Wen Chu ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^b   Chie, Wei Chu ^b   Chou, Hao Chang ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Huei Ming Ma, Matthew ^a   Fang, Cheng Chung ^a   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a   Chen, Shey Ying ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861071835     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis214     Document Type: Article

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