Pneumonia classification and healthcare-associated pneumonia: A new avenue or just a cul-de-sac?

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 985-986

  Woodhead, Mark ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84885865526     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204060     Document Type: Editorial

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