Prospective study of 198 community-acquired pneumonias in a general hospital;Estudio prospectivo de 198 neumonias adquiridas en la comunidad atendidas en un hospital general

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 213-218

  Castro Guardiola, Antoni ^a   Armengou, Arola ^b   García, Dèlia ^b   Viejo, Alfonso ^b   Obón, María ^b   García Bragado, Ferran ^b  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aetiology; Diagnosis and prognosis; Epidemiology; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032587426     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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