Clinical features of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) in a Japanese community hospital: Comparisons among nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP), HCAP other than NHAP, and community-acquired pneumonia

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 856-861

  Umeki, Kenji ^a,b   Tokimatsu, Issei ^a   Yasuda, Chie ^b   Iwata, Atsuko ^a   Yoshioka, Daisuke ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Shirai, Ryo ^a   Kishi, Kenji ^a   Hiramatsu, Kazufumi ^a   Matsumoto, Bunroku ^b   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Guideline; Healthcare associated pneumonia; Mortality; Nursing home acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959871849     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01983.x     Document Type: Article

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