Conditions for the diagnosis of anaerobic lower respiratory tract infections;Conditions pour le diagnostic d'une infection respiratoire basse a anaerobies

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages 126-131

  Gaillat, J ^a   Sedallian A ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic pleuropulmonary infections; Micobiological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EMPYEMA; FUSOBACTERIUM; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PREVOTELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0034162117     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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