Evidence of bacterial infection in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis

Seminars in Respiratory Infections

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-215

  Wilson, Robert ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMPHYSEMA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MUCUS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033764787     PISSN: 08820546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srin.2000.18070     Document Type: Article

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