Evaluation of outcome for intubated patients with pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 973-978

  Rello, Jordi ^a   Jubert, Paola ^b   Vallès, Jordi ^b   Artigas, Antonio ^b   Rué, Montse ^b   Niederman, Michael S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029861159     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.973     Document Type: Article

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