Infectious disease risk in the elderly

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-64

  Bender, Bradley S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMORBIDITY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCONTINENCE; INFECTION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOM; TACHYPNEA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VOMITING;

AGED; AGING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037331853     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(02)00078-4     Document Type: Review

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