Lung abscess in adults: Clinical comparison of immunocompromised to non-immunocompromised patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-185

  Mansharamani, N ^a   Balachandran, D ^a,b   Delaney, D ^a   Zibrak, J D ^a   Silvestri, R C ^a   Koziel, H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised; Lung abscess; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LOBE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0036489997     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1247     Document Type: Article

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