Recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in ventilated patients: Relapse or reinfection?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3 PART I, 1998, Pages 912-916

  Rello, Jordi ^a,b   Mariscal, Dolors ^a   March, Francesca ^a   Jubert, Paola ^a   Sanchez, Ferran ^a   Valles, Jordi ^a   Coll, Pere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031900022     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.3.9703014     Document Type: Article

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