Impact of BAL in the management of pneumonia with treatment failure: Positivity of BAL culture under antibiotic therapy

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Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1739-1746

  Gomes, João Carlos Pereira ^a   Pedreira, Wilson L ^a   Araújo, Evangelina M P A ^a   Soriano, Francisco G ^a   Negri, Elnara M ^a   Antonângelo, Leila ^a   Velasco, Irineu Tadeu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BAL; Diagnosis; Etiology; ICU; Management; Pneumonia; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034538413     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.6.1739     Document Type: Article

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