The influence of age and gender on the population-based incidence of community-acquired pneumonia caused by different microbial pathogens

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Gutiérrez, Félix ^a   Masiá, Mar ^a   Mirete, Carlos ^a   Soldán, Bernardo ^a   Carlos Rodriguez J ^a   Padilla, Sergio ^a   Hernández, Ildefonso ^b   Royo, Gloria ^a   Martin Hidalgo, Alberto ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Community acquired pneumonia; Epidemiology; Etiology; Gender; Incidence; Microbial etiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 33747195265     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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