PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Khurana, P. Sheena
AU  - Litaker, David
TI  - The dilemma of nosocomial pneumonia: What primary care physicians should know
DP  - 2000 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 25--41
VI  - 67
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/1/25.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/1/25.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2000 Jan 01; 67
AB  - 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.