The obesity paradox in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Corrales Medina, Vicente F ^a   Valayam, Josemon ^b   Serpa, Jose A ^b   Rueda, Adriana M ^c   Musher, Daniel M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mortality; Obesity; Outcomes; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINNESS;

EID: 78650916325     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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