Lung Abscess: Analysis of 66 Cases from 1979 to 1991

Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 278-284

  Mori, Takeshi ^a   Ebe, Tsukasa ^a   Takahashi, Mayumi ^a   Isonuma, Hiroshi ^a   Ikemoto, Hideo ^a   Oguri, Toyoko ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

community acquired infection; isolated organism; nosocomial infection; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0027587674     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.32.278     Document Type: Article

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