Severe Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation and steroid therapy in an elderly patient

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 552-557

  Kikawada, Masayuki ^a   Watanabe, Daisuke ^a   Nakai, Toshiki ^a   Esaki, Shinga ^a   Kiuchi, Akihiro ^a   Umahara, Takahiko ^a   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^a   Takasaki, Masaru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia; Community acquired pneumonia; Elderly; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMAN; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STEROIDS;

EID: 16644363111     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.41.552     Document Type: Article

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