BACTEREMIA DUE TO COAGULASE-POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
Authors: Burton A. Waisbren, Francois Abboud
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 March 1960BACTEREMIA DUE TO COAGULASE-POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUSBURTON A. WAISBREN, M.S., M.D., FRANCOIS ABBOUD, M.D.BURTON A. WAISBREN, M.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANCOIS ABBOUD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-3-643 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this investigation was to help to define the problem of staphylococcic infections by a detailed clinical study of 100 cases of staphylococcic bacteremia. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin*Received for publication May 16, 1959.Presented at the Fortieth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1959.From the Infectious Disease Control Unit of the Department of Medicine of Marquette University Medical School and the Milwaukee County General Hospital.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Burton A. Waisbren, M.D., 208 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee 2, Wisconsin. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byUnfavourable Prognostic Factors in Staphylococcus Aureus Septicemia and EndocarditisPathophysiology of bacteremiaA Prospective Study on Septicemia: II. 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