Impact of donor lung organisms on post-lung transplant pneumonia

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-105

  Bonde, Pramod N ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   Borja, Marvin C ^a   Allan, Sharon H ^a   Barreiro, Christopher J ^a   Williams, Jason A ^a   Thakur, Nikhil A ^a   Orens, Jonathan B ^a   Conte, John V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 30044433165     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.06.026     Document Type: Article

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