Nosocomial pneumonia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-29

  Johanson, Waldemar G ^a   Dever, Lisa L ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Nosocomial pneumonia; Protected specimen brush

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUTH FLORA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0037279870     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-002-1589-7     Document Type: Review

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