Acute exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - Microbial patterns and risk factors

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 415-419

  Schafer H ^a   Ewig, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Microbial patterns risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LUNG FUNCTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034492899     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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