Effect of antimicrobial use on pneumococcal diagnostic tests in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 697-704

  Saukkoriipi, A ^a   Palmu, A A ^a   Jokinen, J ^a   Verlant, V ^b   Hausdorff, W P ^b   Kilpi, T M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; URINE ANTIGEN TEST; BLOOD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS; URINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84925486628     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2278-5     Document Type: Article

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