Relationship between bacterial flora in sputum and functional impairment in patients with acute exacerbations of COPD

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-46

  Miravitlles, Marc ^a,g   Espinosa, Cristina ^b   Fernández Laso, Enrique ^c   Martos, José Alberto ^d   Maldonado, José Antonio ^e   Gallego, Miguel ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b RD Department   (Spain)

^c Hospital La Magdalena   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SAN RAFAEL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^g NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial resistance; COPD; Etiology of exacerbations; Exacerbations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032778277     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.1.40     Document Type: Article

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