Health-care-associated pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-596

  Kollef, Marin H ^a,b,c  

^a Barnes Jewish Hospital ^*

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NURSING HOME ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL TIME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 62149096429     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2412     Document Type: Editorial

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