Aetiology and prediction of pneumonia in lower respiratory tract infection in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 540, 2007, Pages 547-554

  Holm, Anette ^a   Nexoe, Joergen ^b   Bistrup, Lene A ^a   Pedersen, Svend S ^a   Obel, Niels ^a   Nielsen, Lars P ^a   Pedersen, Court ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447254307     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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