Bacterial colonisation in patients with bronchiectasis: Microbiological pattern and risk factors

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-19

  Angrill, J ^a   Agusti C ^a   De Celis, R ^a   Rano A ^a   Gonzalez, J ^b   Sole T ^a   Xaubet, A ^a   Rodriguez Roisin, R ^a   Torres, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROAT CULTURE; VARICOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0036143373     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.1.15     Document Type: Article

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