Do death certificates accurately record deaths due to bloodstream infection?

Med J Aust. 2014 Nov 3;201(9):518. doi: 10.5694/mja14.00694.

Authors

Christopher S Heather¹, Hong Foo², Iain B Gosbell³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney South West Pathology Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Christopher.Heather@sswahs.nsw.gov.au.
² Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney South West Pathology Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 25358574
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00694

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Australia
Bacteremia / mortality*
Death Certificates*
Documentation / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Sepsis / mortality*