Diagnostic approaches and hospital-acquired pneumonia

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-161

  Torres, Antoni ^a,b   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinic   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired pneumonia; Invasive diagnostic methods; Quantitative bacterial cultures; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030875248     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009342     Document Type: Article

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