Bacterial colonization of the upper respiratory tract of patients with primary lung cancer and nonmalignant lung disease

Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 400-405

  Hirakata, Yoichi ^a   Katoh, Tomoko ^a   Tsukagoshi, Masayuki ^a   Hayashi, Mutsumu ^a   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a   Kitamura, Satoshi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Methicillin resistant; Primary lung cancer; Staphylococcus aureus; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0030735980     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239598     Document Type: Article

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