Staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired pneumonia [3]

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 623-

  Strålin, Kristoffer ^a   Söderquist, Bo ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33747588112     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.2.623     Document Type: Letter

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