Clinical and inflammatory response to bloodstream infections in octogenarians

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Green, Jessica Emily ^a   Ariathianto, Yohanes ^b   Wong, Si Mun ^c   Aboltins, Craig ^d   Lim, Kwang ^d  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Inflammatory response; Octogenarians; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899644324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-55     Document Type: Article

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