Aspiration pneumonia: A review of modern trends

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-48

  DiBardino, David M ^a   Wunderink, Richard G ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic infection; Aspiration; Aspiration pneumonia; Lung abscess; Microbiology of pneumonia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BLAND ASPIRATION; CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; VOMITING; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84920697531     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.011     Document Type: Review

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