Gram negative organisms as a cause of acute exacerbation of COPD
The clinical course of COPD is punctuated by acute exacerbations that have been defined as “a acute sustained worsening of the patient’s condition, from the stable state, and necessitates a change in the regular medications.The cause of an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is most often infectious...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763813003142 |