Health-care-associated pneumonia is primarily due to aspiration pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1702-1703

  Teramoto, Shinji ^a   Kawashima, Masahiro ^a   Komiya, Kosaku ^a   Shoji, Shunsuke ^a  

^a TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LETTER; LIFESPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 73149111051     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-1204     Document Type: Letter

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