Lower respiratory tract infections in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease outpatients with tracheostomy and persistent colonization by P. aeruginosa

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1205-1210

  Lusuardi, M ^a   Capelli, A ^a   Di Stefano, A ^a   Zaccaria, S ^a   Balbi, B ^a   Donner, C F ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial colonization; COPD; LRTI; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFSULODIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; OXYGEN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG ASPIRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0242351169     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(03)00231-2     Document Type: Article

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