Bacterial pneumonia acquired in nursing homes

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 26-32

  Norman, Keith M ^a   Yoshikawa, Thomas T ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CABERGOLINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646204679     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: 15247929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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