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Bacteraemia in a geriatric unit.

A C Windsor.   

Abstract

A retrospective study was made of 50 consecutive cases of bacteraemia treated in a geriatric unit. The mortality rate was 24%, the highest incidence occurring amongst the cases of hospital-acquired bacteraemia where only 1 of 7 cases survived the infection. Pyrexia, acute confusion, and falls were the commonest presenting symptoms. The most frequently identified tissue sources for the bacteraemia were the genito-urinary tract (24%) and the lungs (22%). In 20% of cases the source of infection was unidentified.

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Year:  1983        PMID： 6840560     DOI： 10.1159/000213104

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Gerontology        ISSN： 0304-324X            Impact factor:   5.140


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