Impact of invasive strategy on management of antimicrobial treatment failure in institutionalized older people with severe pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1038-1043

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b   Aquilina, Alan T ^a   Dhillon, Rajwinder S ^a   Ramadan, Fadi ^a   Nowak, Patricia ^a   Davies, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial failure; Older people; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROSS INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037108403     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200202-123OC     Document Type: Article

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