Severity of pneumococcal pneumonia associated with genomic bacterial load

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 832-840

  Rello, Jordi ^a,b,c   Lisboa, Thiago ^a,b,c   Lujan, Manel ^c,d   Gallego, Miguel ^c,d   Kee, Cordelia ^e   Kay, Ian ^f   Lopez, Diego ^c,g   Waterer, Grant W ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 69249158125     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0258     Document Type: Article

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