Pneumonia in nursing homes and long-term care facilities

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 650-655

  Loeb, Mark B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Long term care facilities; Nursing homes; Pneumonia; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30344438831     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-925529     Document Type: Review

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