Treatment of nosocomial pneumonia;Therapie der nosokomialen Pneumonie

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 93-96

  Lode, H ^a   Schaberg, T ^a   Raffenberg, M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFEPIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031039581     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1023910     Document Type: Short Survey

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