Pneumonia in residents of long-term care facilities: Epidemiology, etiology, management, and prevention

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-330

  Muder, Robert R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTETAN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASPIRATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

CROSS INFECTION; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032191081     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00262-9     Document Type: Review

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