Infective complications from endobronchial ultrasound-transbronchial needle aspiration

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 524-525

  Steinfort, D P ^a   Johnson, D F ^b   Irving, L B ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; LETTER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 69249157780     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00057009     Document Type: Letter

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