Pseudomonas pneumonia in infants: An autopsy study

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 929-938

  Bonifacio, Sonia L ^b   Kitterman, Joseph A ^b   Ursell, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Pneumonia; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141540780     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00353-8     Document Type: Article

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