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Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly
Age affects the human frame at all levels - from the skin which is ravaged by exposure to ultraviolet light and toxic irritants to the immune system which becomes progressively less responsive to antigenic stimuli. Bacteraemia follows a focal infection and thus any change which results in increased...
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| author | Whitelaw, D A Whitelaw, D A |
| author2 | Willcox, Paul |
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| description | Age affects the human frame at all levels - from the skin which is ravaged by exposure to ultraviolet light and toxic irritants to the immune system which becomes progressively less responsive to antigenic stimuli. Bacteraemia follows a focal infection and thus any change which results in increased infection will result in an increased chance of bacteraemia. Therefore any factors bearing on focal infection will, of necessity influence not only the possibility but also the severity of a bacteraemia. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/24974 Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly Whitelaw, D A Whitelaw, D A Willcox, Paul Aging. Bacterial Infections - in old age Aging.~Bacterial Infections - in old age Age affects the human frame at all levels - from the skin which is ravaged by exposure to ultraviolet light and toxic irritants to the immune system which becomes progressively less responsive to antigenic stimuli. Bacteraemia follows a focal infection and thus any change which results in increased infection will result in an increased chance of bacteraemia. Therefore any factors bearing on focal infection will, of necessity influence not only the possibility but also the severity of a bacteraemia. 2017-08-24T07:29:46Z 2017-08-24T07:29:46Z 1990 2017-07-10T12:48:51Z Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24974 eng eng application/pdf Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Aging. Bacterial Infections - in old age Aging.~Bacterial Infections - in old age Whitelaw, D A Whitelaw, D A Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| title_full | Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| title_fullStr | Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| title_short | Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| title_sort | community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly |
| topic | Aging. Bacterial Infections - in old age Aging.~Bacterial Infections - in old age |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24974 |
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