Pneumonia in elderly patients with preexisting respiratory disease

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Sumi, Masaaki ^a   Satoh, Hiroaki ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroichi ^a   Sekizawa, Kiyohisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Infectious parameters; Pneumonia in elderly; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MASS CHEST X-RAY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042719077     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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