Pneumonia in the nursing home

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 342-350

  Drinka, Paul J ^a,b,c,e   Crnich, Christopher J ^d  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^e Wisconsin Veteran Home   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENOTHIAZINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TAZOBACTAM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHLAMYDIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG HALF LIFE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LUNG LAVAGE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 27744547518     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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