Nosocomial pneumonia guidelines: An international perspective

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Volumn 113, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 188S-193S

  Mandell, Lionel A ^a   Campbell Jr , G Douglas ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031942007     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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