Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients hospitalised for COPD exacerbation: A prospective study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1072-1078

  Garcia Vidal, C ^a   Almagro, P ^a   Romani V ^a   Rodriguez Carballeira M ^a   Cuchi, E ^a   Canales, L ^b   Blasco, D ^b   Heredia, J L ^b   Garau, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BODE index; Bronchiectasis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Hospitalisation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY MASS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71049119923     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00003309     Document Type: Article

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