Role of anaerobic bacteria in infections following tracheostomy, intubation, or the use of ventilatory tubes in children

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 830-834

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; Intubation; Tracheostomy; Ventilatory tube; Wound

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; TELITHROMYCIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROSOL; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PNEUMONIA; PORPHYROMONAS; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 5444236862     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411301010     Document Type: Article

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