Independent risk of mechanical ventilation for AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia associated with bronchoalveolar lavage neutrophilia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 661-665

  Bang, D ^a   Emborg, J ^a   Elkjaer J ^a   Lundgren, J D ^a   Benfield, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL; TIME; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0034858822     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1119     Document Type: Article

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