Microbiologic features and outcome of pneumonia in transplanted patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-54

  Cervera, Carlos ^a   Agustí, Carlos ^a   Angeles Marcos, María ^a   Pumarola, Tomás ^a   Cofán, Federico ^a   Navasa, Miguel ^a   Pérez Villa, Félix ^a   Torres, Antonio ^a   Moreno, Asunción ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community infections; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Hospital infections; Pneumonia; Solid organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; VIRUSES;

EID: 33646121499     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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