Pneumonia in older residents of long-term care facilities

American Family Physician

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1495-1500

  Furman, Christian Davis ^a,b,c   Rayner, Abi V ^a,c,d,e   Tobin, Elisabeth Pelcher ^a,c,f  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Univ of WY Sch of Human Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MACROLIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COUGHING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONG TERM CARE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 7044226548     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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