Long-term survival following pneumococcal pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1145-1146

  Sandvall, Barcleigh ^a,b   Rueda, Adriana M ^a,b   Musher, Daniel M ^a,b,c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; pneumococcus; pneumonia; survival

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84875658552     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis1207     Document Type: Short Survey

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