Pleural infections: A 9-year review of bacteriology, case characteristics and mortality

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 345, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 349-354

  White, Heath D ^a   White, Bobbie Ann A ^b   Song, Juhee ^a   Fader, Robert ^a   Quiroga, Pedro ^c   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mortality; Pleural infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CULTURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876879147     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318259bd24     Document Type: Article

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