Staphylococcal bacteremia and altered host resistance.

Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Cardiovascular Diseases/complications Catheterization/adverse effects Child Child, Preschool Diabetes Complications Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Leukemia/complications Lymphoma/complications Male Middle Aged Sepsis/epidemiology,etiology,microbiology,mortality Skin/injuries Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology,etiology,microbiology,mortality Staphylococcus/isolation & purification Surgical Wound Infection/complications