The Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Renal Transplant Recipients Using Invasive and Noninvasive Procedures

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 541-547

  Chang, Gee Chen ^a,b   Wu, Chieh Liang ^a   Pan, Shin Hung ^a   Yang, Tsung Ying ^a   Chin, Chung Shih ^a   Yang, Yun Chiu ^a   Chiang, Chi Der ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Diagnosis; Pneumonia; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 1242306656     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.541     Document Type: Article

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