Etiology of community acquired pneumonia among adult patients requiring hospitalization in Taiwan

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1079-1086

  Lauderdale, Tsai Ling ^a   Chang, Feng Yee ^b   Ben, Ren Jy ^c   Yin, Hsiao Chuan ^a   Ni, Yuen Hua ^b   Tsai, Jen Wen ^d   Cheng, Shu Hsing ^e   Wang, Jann Tay ^f   Liu, Yung Ching ^g   Cheng, Yan Wan ^h   Chen, Shu Ting ⁱ   Fung, Chang Phone ^j   Chuang, Yin Ching ^k   Cheng, Hsiao Pei ^l   Lu, Daniel C T ^m   Liu, Chieh Ju ⁿ   Huang, I Wen ^a   Hung, Che Lun ^a   Hsiao, Chin Fu ^a   Ho, Monto ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h ST MARTIN DE PORRES HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ Taipei Municipal Chung Hsiao Hospital   (Taiwan)

^j TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^k CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^l MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^m LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁿ Taipei County San Chung Hospital   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Cap in hospitalized adult patients; CAP in Taiwan; Community acquired pneumonia; Etiology of CAP

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 23344445973     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.02.026     Document Type: Article

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