Nosocomial pneumonia in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4 PART I, 1998, Pages 1165-1172

  Chastre, Jean ^a   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^a   Vuagnat, Albert ^a   Joly Guillou, Marie Laure ^a   Clavier, Hervé ^a   Dombret, Marie Christine ^a   Gibert, Claude ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VENTILATOR;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031968904     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.4.9708057     Document Type: Article

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