Approach to fever and infection in the nursing home

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-82

  Yoshikawa, Thomas T ^a,d   Norman, Dean C ^b,c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; INFLUENZA VACCINE; ISONIAZID; METICILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETANUS TOXOID; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030053111     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb05642.x     Document Type: Review

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