Predictors of viral pneumonia: The need for viral testing in all patients hospitalized for nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 949-957

  Ma, Hon Ming ^a   Lee, Kin Ping ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Nursing home residence; Viral pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; NURSING HOME RESIDENCE; VIRAL PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885914285     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12036     Document Type: Article

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