Community-acquired pneumonia: An Asia Pacific perspective

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-164

  Liam, Chong Kin ^a   Pang, Yong Kek ^a   Poosparajah, Shyamala ^a   Chua, Keong Tiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33846910433     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.01013.x     Document Type: Editorial

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