Nosocomial sinusitis in patients in the medical intensive care unit: A prospective epidemiological study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 463-470

  George, David L ^b   Falk, Pamela S ^b   Meduri, G Umberto ^b   Leeper Jr , Kenneth V ^b   Wunderink, Richard G ^b   Steere, Elaine L ^b   Nunnally, F Kent ^a   Beckford, Neal ^b   Mayhall, C Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0031682594     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514711     Document Type: Article

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