Pulmonary infiltrates in the immunocompromised: Diagnosis and management

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Peckham, D ^a   Elliott, Mark W ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATHING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036793647     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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