The value of signs and symptoms in differentiating between bacterial, viral and mixed aetiology in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 3, 2014, Pages 441-452

  Huijskens, Elisabeth G W ^a,b   Koopmans, Marion ^c,d   Palmen, Fernand M H ^a   van Erkel, Adriana J M ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^e   Rossen, John W A ^a,f  

^a TweeSteden Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ETIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED ETIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COINFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896700306     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.067108-0     Document Type: Article

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