Bacteremic Infection in Hemodialysis

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 1979, Pages 1255-1258

  Nsouli, Kaldoun A ^a   Lazarus, J Michael ^a   Schoenbaum, Stephen C ^a   Gottlieb, Michael N ^a   Lowrie, Edmund G ^a   Shocair, Mawya ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BACTEREMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIAGNOSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THERAPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943984727     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630480039014     Document Type: Article

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