Cultures and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Not how, but how many

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 401-402

  Bowton, David L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0036040067     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.2.401     Document Type: Editorial

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