RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The dilemma of nosocomial pneumonia: What primary care physicians should know
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 25
OP 41
VO 67
IS 1
A1 Khurana, P. Sheena
A1 Litaker, David
YR 2000
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/1/25.abstract
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.