Causative agents of nosocomial pneumonia and their relationship with microorganisms in the hospital environment among patients in the intensive care unit;Agentes causales de neumonía nosocomial y su relación con microorganismos del ambiente hospitalario en pacientes de la unidad de cuidados intensivos

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Vargas Olmos, Rebeca ^a   Salgado Camarillo, Javier ^b  

^a Escuela Medico Militar   (Mexico)

^b Hospital Central Militar   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hospital enviroment; Intensive care unit; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855966711     PISSN: 14050994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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