Clinical outcomes and risk factors of community-acquired pneumonia caused by gram-negative bacilli

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 657-661

  Kang, C I ^a   Song, J H ^a,b   Oh, W S ^a   Ko, K S ^a,b   Chung, D R ^a   Peck, K R ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SMOKING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449104764     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0485-7     Document Type: Article

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