Clinical and epidemiological findings in mechanically-ventilated patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 622-628

  Pujol, M ^a   Corbella, X ^a   Pena C ^a   Pallares, R ^a   Dorca, J ^a   Verdaguer, R ^a   Diaz Prieto, A ^a   Ariza, J ^a   Gudiol, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032437388     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050145     Document Type: Article

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