Escherichia coli: An unknown and infrequent cause of community acquired pneumonia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-427

  Ruiz, Luis Alberto ^a   Zalacain, Rafael ^b   Gómez, Ainhoa ^b   Camino, Jesús ^a   Jaca, Carmen ^b   Núñez, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a Hospital de San Eloy   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; RELIABILITY; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 42449154682     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701732913     Document Type: Article

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