2002
Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses - Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Hajjeh RA, Relman D, Cieslak PR, Sofair AN, Passaro D, Flood J, Johnson J, Hacker JK, Shieh WJ, Hendry RM, Nikkari S, Ladd-Wilson S, Hadler J, Rainbow J, Tappero JW, Woods CW, Conn L, Reagan S, Zaki S, Perkins BA, Deaths F, Group C. Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses - Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002, 8: 145-153. PMID: 11897065, PMCID: PMC2732455, DOI: 10.3201/eid0802.010165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical illnessMedian ageInfectious causesUnexplained deathEmerging Infections Program sitesPatients' median ageCommon clinical presentationPopulation-based surveillanceYears of ageClinical presentationEpidemiologic featuresPolymerase chain reaction-based methodSerologic testsHealthy personsDiagnostic capacityReaction-based methodsRoutine testingIllnessDeathCauseAgeSurveillanceProgram sitesSyndromeEtiology
1996
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease: Clinical Features, Serotypes, and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Cases Involving Patients with and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
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