Comparison of severity of illness scoring systems for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection due to <it>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several acute illness severity scores have been proposed for evaluating patients on admission to intensive care units but these have not been compared for patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection (nBSI). We compared three sever...

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Main Authors: Wenzel Richard P, Bearman Gonzalo ML, Marra Alexandre R, Edmond Michael B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/132