TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacteremia in Charleston county, South Carolina
AU - Filice, Gregory A.
AU - Van Etta, Linda L.
AU - Darby, Charles P.
AU - Fraser, David W.
PY - 1986/1
Y1 - 1986/1
N2 - To describe the epidemiology of bacteremia in a large, well defined population, the authors reviewed medical records for residents of Charleston County, South Carolina, who had bacteria isolated from blood in the period 1974 to 1976. The incidence was 80 cases per 100,000 population per year. The most common organisms were Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Kiebsiella, and Streptococcus pneumonlae. The incidence was highest for neonates, infants, and those 70 years of age and older with annualized attack rates of 1,884, 250, and 446 cases per 100,000 population, respectively. The incidence was 3.2 times higher for blacks than for whites and, within races, appeared to be independent of family income. Twenty-five per cent of patients had no clinically apparent focus of infection, 26% had urinary tract infection, and 17% had pneumonia. Thirty-nine per cent of cases were nosocomial, and 30% of patients died.
AB - To describe the epidemiology of bacteremia in a large, well defined population, the authors reviewed medical records for residents of Charleston County, South Carolina, who had bacteria isolated from blood in the period 1974 to 1976. The incidence was 80 cases per 100,000 population per year. The most common organisms were Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Kiebsiella, and Streptococcus pneumonlae. The incidence was highest for neonates, infants, and those 70 years of age and older with annualized attack rates of 1,884, 250, and 446 cases per 100,000 population, respectively. The incidence was 3.2 times higher for blacks than for whites and, within races, appeared to be independent of family income. Twenty-five per cent of patients had no clinically apparent focus of infection, 26% had urinary tract infection, and 17% had pneumonia. Thirty-nine per cent of cases were nosocomial, and 30% of patients died.
KW - Bacterial infections
KW - Cross infection
KW - Negroid race
KW - Septicemia
KW - Socioeconomic factors
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114206
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114206
M3 - Article
C2 - 3940431
AN - SCOPUS:0022630457
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 123
SP - 128
EP - 136
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -