Epidemiology and Outcomes of Clostridial Bacteremia at a Tertiary-Care Institution
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Epidemiology and Outcomes of Clostridial Bacteremia at a Tertiary-Care Institution
A review was performed to determine the epidemiology and outcomes of clostridial bacteremia (CB) at our institution. Ninety-two percent of patients had monomicrobial CB. Patients with Clostridium innocuum bacteremia had a significantly higher 2-day mortality rate compared to patients with C. septicum and C. perfringens. CB is associated with high and rapid mortality, especially in patients with...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World JOURNAL
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1537-744X
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.21