Does gender affect the outcome of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 23-25

  Tacconelli, E ^a   Foschi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; Female; Gender; Mortality; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ESTRADIOL; LACTIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY RISK; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85006041929     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.09.011     Document Type: Note

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