Nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-25

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Healthcare associated pneumonia; Hospital transfer; Nursing home pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPHAGIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 60549105846     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1119805     Document Type: Review

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