Diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia and methods of testing for pathogens

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

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AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOMYCES; ADENOVIRUS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPERGILLUS; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG ABSORPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FUNGUS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LAVAGE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SMEAR; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPURATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449164616     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01572.x     Document Type: Review

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