Risks and routes for ventilator-associated pneumonia with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 3 PART I, 1998, Pages 978-984

  Talon, Daniel ^a   Mulin, Blandine ^a   Rouget, Claude ^a   Bailly, Pascale ^a   Thouverez, Michelle ^a   Viel, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031923419     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.3.9702096     Document Type: Article

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