Nosocomial Pneumococcal Bacteremia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 1986, Pages 1509-1512

  Alvarez, Salvador ^a,b   Guarderas, Juan ^a,b   Shell, Charles G ^a   Holtsclaw Berk, Shirley ^b   Berk, Steven L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84941827872     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1986.00360200059010     Document Type: Article

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