Sputum bacteriology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and concomitant pneumonia in Hong Kong

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 661-667

  Ko, F W S ^a   Lam, R K Y ^a   Li, T S T ^a   Fok, J P C ^a   Chan, M C H ^a   Ng, T K C ^a   Chan, D P S ^a   Hui, David S C ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Exacerbation; Pneumonia; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM;

EID: 28244440228     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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