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The dilemma of nosocomial pneumonia: What primary care physicians should know

P. Sheena Khurana, MD and David Litaker, MD, MSc
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2000, 67 (1) 25-41;

ABSTRACT

Because nosocomial pneumonia is difficult to diagnose and the need to treat it is often urgent, particularly in patients on mechanical ventilation, therapy is often empiric. We review the pathogenesis, risk factors, microbiology, diagnosis, and treatment of this disease.

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