Bronchial microbial patterns in severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring mechanical ventilation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5 PART I, 1998, Pages 1498-1505

  Soler, Néstor ^b   Torres, Antoni ^a   Ewig, Santiago ^b   Gonzalez, Juliá ^b   Celis, Rosa ^b   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^b   Hernandez, Carmen ^b   Rodriguez Roisin, Roberto ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; BACTERIA; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0031747166     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.5.9711044     Document Type: Article

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