Risk and prognosis of hospitalization for pneumonia among individuals with and without functioning renal transplants in denmark: A population-based study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 679-686

  Nielsen, Lise H ^a   Jensen Fangel, Soren ^a   Jespersen, Bente ^a   Ostergaard, Lars ^a   Sogaard, Ole S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864928655     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis488     Document Type: Article

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