Bacteriology of complicated parapneumonic effusions

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-323

  Foster, Sarah ^a   Maskell, Nick ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community acquired infection; Hospital acquired infection; Pleural infection; Pleural fluid culture; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; EMPYEMA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249796672     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3281864691     Document Type: Review

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