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Article: Reports summarize sepsis epidemiology research from University of Kentucky, Department of Medicine.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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Fresh data on sepsis are presented in the report 'Seasonal variation in Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: a population-based study.' According to a study from the United States, "Seasonal variation in the rates of infection with certain Gram-negative organisms has been previously examined in tertiary-care centres. We performed a population-based investigation to evaluate the seasonal variation in Escherichia coli bloodstream infection (BSI)."
"We identified 461 unique patients in Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2007, with E. coli BSI. Incidence rates (IR) and IR ratios were calculated using Rochester Epidemiology Project tools. ...
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