Middle meatal vs antral lavage cultures in intensive care unit patients

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-381

  Kountakis, Stilianos E ^a   Skoulas, Ioannis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAVAGE; MALE; PUS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUSITIS;

EID: 0036549583     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2002.123444     Document Type: Article

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