Tracheobronchitis caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus as a cause of chronic wheezing in a non-ventilated adult patient with tracheobronchomalacia

Respiration

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-156

  Kelesidis, Theodoros ^a   Osman, Sara ^a   Trayner, Edward ^a   Worthington, Michael ^a   Celli, Bartolome ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; Tracheobronchitis; Tracheobronchomalacia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SORE THROAT; STENT; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; WHEEZING; BRONCHITIS; COMPLICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

AGED; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 77954818418     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273268     Document Type: Review

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