Value of routine microbial investigation in community-acquired pneumonia treated in a tertiary care center

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Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 164-169

  Ewig, Santiago ^a   Bauer, Torsten ^a   Hasper, Ekkhard ^a   Marklein, Gunter ^a   Kubini, Ralf ^a   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Microbial investigation; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0029972822     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196538     Document Type: Article

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