Common infections in older adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 257-268

  Mouton, Charles P ^a   Bazaldua, Oralia V ^a   Pierce, Barbara ^b   Espino, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DESIPRAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMCICLOVIR; GABAPENTIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIDOCAINE; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OSELTAMIVIR; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; RIMANTADINE; SPARFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN; ZANAMIVIR;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DRUG COST; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NEURALGIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035862758     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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