Incidence of and risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia in patients with tetanus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1842-1846

  Fernandes Cavalcante, Nilton José ^a   Sandeville, Maria Laura ^a   Servolo Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino ^b  

^a Intensive Care Unit for Tetanus and Infectious and Parasitic Diseases   (Brazil)

^b Hospital das Clí nicas of University of Medicine of São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TETANUS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS;

EID: 0035577345     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/324160     Document Type: Article

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