Prognostic factors for early clinical failure in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1097-1104

  Hoogewerf, M ^a   Oosterheert, J J ^a   Hak, E ^a   Hoepelman, I M ^a,b   Bonten, M J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical failure; Community acquired pneumonia; Management; Outcome; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33749070090     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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