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. 1971 Feb;46(245):55–60. doi: 10.1136/adc.46.245.55

Fatal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bronchopneumonia in a Children's Hospital

A J Barson
PMCID: PMC1647571  PMID: 5555490

Abstract

Forty fatal cases of pseudomonas bronchopneumonia were found in a retrospective review of 600 consecutive necropsies in a children's hospital. This type of infection has been much more common in recent years and was shown to have a predilection for the premature infant dying in the neonatal period, who had been mechanically ventilated.

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