Occult bloodstream infections in adults: A "benign" entity

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 966-971

  González Del Vecchio, Marcela ^a   Bunsow, Eleonora ^a   Sánchez Carrillo, Carlos ^a   Leoni, Eugenia Garcia ^a   Rodríguez Créixems, Marta ^a,b,c,d   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84921690718     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.05.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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