Open AccessDefining the Population-Based Burden of Nosocomial Pneumococcal Bacteremia
Author(s) -
Outi Lyytikäinen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.15.1635
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , streptococcus pneumoniae , case fatality rate , pneumococcal infections , pneumococcal vaccine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , population , pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine , pediatrics , blood culture , pneumococcal disease , epidemiology , antibiotics , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The characteristics, risk factors, and outcome of patients with nosocomial pneumococcal bacteremia (NPB) have not been described in large, population-based studies.
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