Community-acquired pneumonia in younger patients is an entity on its own

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1156-1161

  Klapdor, Benjamin ^a   Ewig, Santiago ^a   Pletz, Mathias W ^b   Rohde, Gernot ^f   Schütte, Hartwig ^c   Schaberg, Tom ^d   Weltee, Tobias ^e  

^a Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Diakonie Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Infections; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KETOLIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEST PAIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860484412     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00110911     Document Type: Article

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