Protective effect of intravenously administered cefuroxime against nosocomial pneumonia in patients with structural coma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1729-1734

  Sirvent, José M ^b   Torres, Antoni ^a   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^b   Castro, Pilar ^b   De Batlle, Jordi ^b   Bonet, Alfons ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFONICID; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0031001758     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154884     Document Type: Article

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