A one-year prospective study of infectious etiology in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD and concomitant pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1109-1116

  Ko, Fanny W S ^a   Ip, Margaret ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Ng, Susanna S S ^a   Chau, S S ^a   Hui, David S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Bacteria; COPD; Pneumonia; Viruses

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHINOVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPUTUM; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 47249093154     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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