Should Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia Be Treated as Nosocomial Pneumonia?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 727-731

  Ma, Hon Ming ^a   Lee Shun Wah, Jenny ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Community acquired pneumonia; Nursing home acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; KATZ SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84866747727     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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