Management of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: (Part one of a two-part series)

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 27-31

  Reichmuth, Kevin J ^b   Meyer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENTEROBACTER; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0038168088     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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