Incidence of community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections and pneumonia among older adults in the United Kingdom: A population-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Millett, Elizabeth R C ^a   Quint, Jennifer K ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a   Daniel, Rhian M ^a   Thomas, Sara L ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METHENAMINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84894269521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075131     Document Type: Article

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