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. 1981 Aug;57(670):502-6.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.57.670.502.

Septicaemia in the elderly

J W Madden, J R Croker, G P Beynon

Septicaemia in the elderly

J W Madden et al. Postgrad Med J. 1981 Aug.

Abstract

A retrospective study was made of 44 elderly patients with bacteraemia treated in the period 1974-1980. Positive blood cultures in 5 cases were considered clinically insignificant. Twenty-six of the remaining 39 patients were found to have a Gram-negative bacteraemia, mainly associated with urinary tract infection. Abnormalities of liver function were common but 5 jaundiced patients with Gram-negative infection were shown to have stones in the common bile duct. The value of blood cultures as a diagnostic aid in the non-specifically ill elderly patient is emphasized.

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