Mortality in healthcare-associated pneumonia in a low resistance setting: A prospective observational study

Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 130-136

  Bjarnason, Agnar ^a,b,c   Asgeirsson, Hilmir ^c   Baldursson, Olafur ^c   Kristinsson, Karl G ^a,c   Gottfredsson, Magnus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Community acquired pneumonia; Etiology; Healthcare associated pneumonia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; LEGIONELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84953345210     PISSN: 23744235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2014.980842     Document Type: Article

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