Nosocomial sinusitis: A unique subset of sinusitis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-150

  Stein, Michael ^a   Caplan, Ellis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ICU fever; ICU infection; Nosocomial sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CILASTATIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAXILLARY SINUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOSOCOMIAL SINUSITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 15044364423     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000160904.56566.4a     Document Type: Review

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