Frequency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colonizations/Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3222-3224

  Zeglen, S ^a   Wojarski, J ^a   Wozniak Grygiel, E ^a   Siola, M ^a   Jastrzebski, D ^a   Kucewicz Czech, E ^a   Zembala, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350463715     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.07.063     Document Type: Article

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