Efficacy of Transthoracic Needle Aspiration in Community-acquired Pneumonia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 873-877

  Ishida, Tadashi ^a   Hashimoto, Toru ^a   Arita, Machiko ^a   Osawa, Makoto ^a   Tachibana, Hiromasa ^a   Nishioka, Michiyoshi ^a   Ito, Isao ^b  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; The Streptococcus milleri group

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035458989     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.873     Document Type: Article

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