Significance of the isolation of Candida species from respiratory samples in critically ill, non-neutropenic patients: An immediate postmortem histologic study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 583-590

  El Ebiary, Mustafa ^c   Torres, Antoni ^b   Fàbregas, Neus ^c   De La Bellacasa, Jorge Puig ^c   González, Julià ^c   Ramirez, Josep ^c   Del Baño, Dolores ^a   Hernández, Carmen ^c   Jimenez De Anta M T ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0030843611     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.2.9612023     Document Type: Article

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