Bacterial aetiology and antimicrobial resistance of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly and younger adults

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Hashemi, Seyyed Hamid ^a   Soozanchi, Golnoosh ^a   Jamal Omidi, Shirin ^a   Yousefi Mashouf, Rasoul ^a   Mamani, Mojgan ^a   Seif Rabiei, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (United States)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEPHALOSPORINASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77949831815     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2009.090132     Document Type: Article

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