Guidelines for the management of adults with health care-associated pneumonia: Implications for nursing facility residents

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 719-725

  Guay, David R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Nursing facility; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVING WILL; MEDLINE; NOSE SECRETION; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748932336     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2006.719     Document Type: Review

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