Role of atypical pathogens in nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-113

  Ma, Hon Ming ^a   Ip, Margaret ^a   Hui, Elsie ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a   Hui, David S C ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Atypical pathogens; Nursing home; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84873137918     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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