Bacteriologic Flora of Aspiration-Induced Pulmonary Infections

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1975, Pages 711-714

  Gonzalez C , Cesar L ^a   Calia, Frank M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL ANTAGONISM; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; THERAPY;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ABSCESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0016679607     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1975.00330050085014     Document Type: Article

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