Impact of positive microbiological diagnosis on management and prognosis of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Chest. 2003 Sep;124(3):1179-80. doi: 10.1378/chest.124.3.1179-a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteriological Techniques*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / mortality
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Legionnaires' Disease / diagnosis
  • Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / mortality
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents