Comparison of clinical characteristics between healthcare-associated pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia in patients admitted to secondary hospitals

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 321-328

  Hoo Lee, Jong ^a   Hyung Kim, Yee ^b  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Health care; Mortality; Pneumonia; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY HOSPITAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; KOREA; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864342300     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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