Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia: Impact of age, comorbidity, and severity

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-405

  Ruiz, Mauricio ^a   Ewig, Santiago ^a,c   Marcos, Maria Angeles ^a   Martinez, Jose Antonio ^a   Arancibia, Francisco ^a   Mensa, Josep ^a   Torres, Antoni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032789314     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.2.9808045     Document Type: Article

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