Incidence of fever and bacteriemia following flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy: A prospective study

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Sharif Kashani, Babak ^a   Shahabi, Payman ^a   Behzadnia, Neda ^a   Mohammad Taheri, Zohreh ^a   Mansouri, Davood ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Zargari, Laleh ^a   Negad, Leila Salimi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Endocarditis; Fever; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651487513     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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