Tuberculin responses and risk of pneumonia in immobile elderly patients

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 867-869

  Nakayama, Katsutoshi ^a   Monma, Mizue ^a   Fukushima, Takeyasu ^a   Ohrui, Takashi ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Pneumonia; T lymphocyte; Tuberculin response

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TUBERCULIN;

EID: 0033797660     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.10.867     Document Type: Article

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