Development and validation of a screening tool for early identification of bloodstream infection in older patients – a retrospective case-control study

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[1] Gavazzi G(2002)Ageing and infection Lancet Infect Dis 2 659-666

[2] Krause K(2009)Clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation of fever and infection in older adult residents of long-term care facilities: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clin Infect Dis 48 149-171

[3] High KP(1993)Bacteremia in the elderly J Gen Intern Med 8 89-92

[4] Bradley SF(2012)Diagnostic challenges and opportunities in older adults with infectious diseases Clin Infect Dis 54 973-978

[5] Gravenstein S(1989)Bloodstream infections in the elderly Am J Med 86 379-384

[6] Mehr DR(2007)Comparison of clinical manifestations and outcome of community-acquired bloodstream infections among the oldest old, elderly, and adult patients Medicine. 86 138-144

[7] Quagliarello VJ(1992)Difficulty in predicting bacteremia in elderly emergency patients Annals Emergency Med 21 99-105

[8] Richards C(1996)Is presentation of bacteremia in the elderly the same as in younger patients? Am J Med 100 65-70

[9] Richardson JP(1975)Multivariate analysis: the need for data, and other problems Br J Psychiatry 126 237-240

[10] Van Duin D(1998)Effects of variable and subject sampling on factor pattern recovery Psychol Methods 3 231-251