Aetiology of pneumonia following isolated closed head injury

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Cazzadori, A ^a,b   Di Perri, G ^a   Vento, S ^a   Bonora, S ^a   Fendt, D ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Lanzafame, M ^a   Mirandola, F ^a   Concia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TIME;

EID: 0030887081     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90038-X     Document Type: Article

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