Risk factors and mortality for nosocomial bloodstream infections in elderly patients


Reunes S., Rombaut V., Vogelaers D., Brusselaers N., Lizy C., Cankurtaran M., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, vol.22, no.5, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: To determine risk factors for nosocomial bloodstream infection (BSI) and associated mortality in geriatric patients in geriatric and internal medicine wards at a university hospital.