Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia in Lung Transplant Recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 804-807

  Sopirala, Madhuri M ^a   Pope Harman, Amy ^a   Nunley, David R ^a   Moffatt Bruce, Susan ^a   Ross, Patrick ^a   Martin, Stanley I ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MINOCYCLINE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549097569     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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