Community acquired pneumonia with shock, severe hypoxemia and leucopenia: Is the etiology methicillin resistant Staphylococci?

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 415-417

  Kapoor, Garima ^a   Saigal, Saurabh ^a   Sharma, Jai Prakash ^a   Gurjar, Mohan ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Leucopenia; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; necrotizing pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905721996     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.136638     Document Type: Article

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