Validating severity of illness scoring systems in the prediction of outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 87-91

  Sharma, Mamta ^a,b   Szpunar, Susan ^b   Khatib, Riad ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Outcomes; Severity of illness; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHARLSON WEIGHTED INDEX OF COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURB 65 SCORING SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID EMERGENCY MEDICINE SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA;

EID: 84880791306     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31826767f0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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