Characteristics and disease severity of healthcare-associated pneumonia among patients in a hospital in Kitakyushu, Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-369

  Seki, Masafumi ^a,b   Hashiguchi, Kohji ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Akitaka ^a,b   Kosai, Kosuke ^a,b   Kakugawa, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Awaya, Yukikazu ^b   Kurihara, Shintaro ^a   Izumikawa, Koichi ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a   Tashiro, Takayoshi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAKYUSHU CITY YAHATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A DROP; Albumin; Anaerobes; Aspiration pneumonia; I ROAD; Pneumonia severity index

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80051591735     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0127-8     Document Type: Article

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