Am J Med

Authors :: Renaud Prevel
Florent Guerville
Mathieu Lambert
Muriel Rainfray
Claire Roubaud-Baudron
Alice Breining
Charles Cazanave
Sophie Duc
A. Contis
Piere Duffau
Patrick Mercié
David Kobeh
Fabrice Camou
Maria Dubos
Fabrice Bonnet
Caroline Hyernard
Bordeaux population health (BPH)
Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Source :: The American Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Medicine, Elsevier [Commercial Publisher] 2019, 132 (11), pp.1344-1352.e1. ⟨10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.04.049⟩
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The absence of fever in bacteremia in patients who are older is known to delay diagnosis. Our objective was to determine whether atypical presentation was associated to mortality as a result of bacteremia in this patient cohort as well as possible factors associated with this atypical presentation. METHODS: We conducted an observational prospective study in 2 French university hospitals in 2016-2017 including patients ages >/=75 years with bacteremia. Atypical presentation was defined as the absence of a temperature >/=38.3 degrees C or

Language :: English
ISSN :: 00029343 and 15557162
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: The American Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Medicine, Elsevier [Commercial Publisher] 2019, 132 (11), pp.1344-1352.e1. ⟨10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.04.049⟩
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....7db7090fd87cd27efc3299938bd62178
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.04.049⟩