Surgical management of necrotizing pneumonia

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Karmy Jones, Riyad ^a,b   Vallières, Eric ^a   Harrington, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Empyema; Gangrene; Hemoptysis; Necrotizing; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EMPYEMA; GANGRENE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG PERFUSION; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0037245364     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-200301000-00004     Document Type: Article

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