Nosocomial ventilator-associated pneumonia due to Aspergillus fumigatus in non-immunosuppressed non-neutropenic patients;NOSOKOMIALE BEATMUNGSPNEUMONIEN DURCH ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS BEI NICHT-IMMUNSUPPRIMIERTEN, NICHT-NEUTROPENISCHEN PATIENTEN

Pneumologie

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-90

  Ewig, S ^a,b   Paar, W D ^a   Pakos, E ^a   Schafer H ^a   Tasci, S ^a   Marklein, G ^a   Luderitz B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; LUNG FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS INFECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031929413     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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