Pseudomonal pericarditis complicating cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-64

  Altemeier, William A ^a,b   Tonelli, Mark R ^b   Aitken, Moira L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cystic fibrosis; Empyema; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRAINAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PREDNISONE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032921397     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199901)27:1<62::AID-PPUL12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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