Prediction of community-onset bacteremia among febrile adults visiting an emergency department: Rigor matters

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-173

  Lee, Ching Chi ^a   Wu, Chi Jung ^a   Chi, Chih Hsien ^a,b   Lee, Nan Yao ^a   Chen, Po Lin ^a   Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b   Chang, Chia Ming ^a   Ko, Nai Ying ^a,b   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Community onset; Prediction score

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILL; COMMUNITY ONSET BACTEREMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RIGOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862788948     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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