Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly
Age affects the human frame at all levels - from the skin which is ravaged by exposure to ultraviolet light and toxic irritants to the immune system which becomes progressively less responsive to antigenic stimuli. Bacteraemia follows a focal infection and thus any change which results in increased...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English English |
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University of Cape Town
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24974 |