Nosocomial pneumonia: Diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 178-190

  Glupczynski, Y ^a   Sibille, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPERGILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BELGIUM; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; ENTEROBACTER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; SERRATIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0032844295     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17843286.1999.11754229     Document Type: Review

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