Utility of Gram's stain and efficacy of quantitative cultures for posttraumatic pneumonia: A prospective study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 743-755

  Croce, Martin A ^a,b   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Waddle Smith, Lynda ^a   Melton, Sherry M ^a   Minard, Gayle ^a   Kudsk, Kenneth A ^a   Elizabeth Pritchard, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031796906     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199805000-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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