Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever and secondary bacteraemia in Turkey

Journal of Infection

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 597-599

  Sunbul, Mustafa ^a   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^a   Fletcher, Tom E ^a,b   Elaldi, Nazif ^c   Ozkurt, Zulal ^d   Bastug, Aliye ^e   Yilmaz, Gurdal ^f   Guner, Rahmet ^g   Duygu, Fazilet ^h   Beeching, Nick J ^b,i  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^f KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g Department of Chest Diseases Y ld r m Bayez t University   (Turkey)

^h GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FATALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MALE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84945474853     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.07.003     Document Type: Letter

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