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Age-related differences in symptoms, diagnosis and prognosis of bacteremia

BACKGROUND: Elderly patients are at particular risk for bacteremia and sepsis. Atypical presentation may complicate the diagnosis. We studied patients with bacteremia, in order to assess possible age-related effects on the clinical presentation and course of severe infections. METHODS: We reviewed t...

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Autores principales: Wester, Astrid L, Dunlop, Oona, Melby, Kjetil K, Dahle, Ulf R, Wyller, Torgeir Bruun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3733624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23883345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-346