Reply to Blot et al.

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 482-

  Reddy, Pavani ^a   Malczynski, Mike ^a   Obias, Arlene ^a   Reiner, Sandra ^b   Jin, Nancy ^c   Huang, Jenny ^c   Noskin, Gary A ^a,b   Zembower, Teresa ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPUTUM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 39349112887     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526350     Document Type: Letter

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