Pneumonia in the elderly: A review of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, microbiology, and clinical features

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1141-1145

  Chong, Carol P ^a   Street, Philip R ^b  

^a NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical features; Elderly; Microbiology; Pathogenesis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AGED; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME FOR THE AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149340651     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318181d5b5     Document Type: Review

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