Clinical and microbiological characteristics of bloodstream infections in a tertiary hospital in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

We observed the clinical and microbiological characteristics of several stages of bloodstream infections (BSI), as well as the mortality attributed to it in a tertiary hospital in the northeast of Brazil (in the city of Maceió, Alagoas). A prospective cohort of 143 patients who had at least one posi...

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Main Author: Tenório,Maria Tereza Freitas (author)
Other Authors: Porfírio,Zenaldo (author), Lopes,Antonio Carlos (author), Cendon,Sonia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000200011
Country:Brazil
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