Severe late-onset nosocomial pneumonia caused by Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Kutleša, Marko ^a   Lepur, Dragan ^a   Daković Rode, Oktavija ^a   Schoenwald, Neala ^a   Baršić, Bruno ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila pneumoniae complications; Chlamydophila pneumoniae diagnosis; Chlamydophila pneumoniae therapy; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 70549093180     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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