Viral and bacterial co-infection in pneumonia: Do we know enough to improve clinical care?

Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Cawcutt, Kelly A ^a   Kalil, Andre C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Pneumonia; Viral

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MIXED INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS SHEDDING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85011076201     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1592-y     Document Type: Editorial

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