Aetiology of lower respiratory tract infection in adults in primary care: a prospective study in 11 European countries

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1158-1163

  Ieven, M ^a,b   Coenen, S ^b   Loens, K ^a,b   Lammens, C ^a,b   Coenjaerts, F ^c   Vanderstraeten, A ^a,b   Henriques Normark, B ^d,e   Crook, D ^f   Huygen, K ^g   Butler, C C ^f   Verheij, T J M ^c   Little, P ^h   Zlateva, K ⁱ   van Loon, A ^c   Claas, E C J ⁱ   Goossens, H ^a,b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Lower respiratory tract infection; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRINAE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EUROPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043345619     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.02.004     Document Type: Article

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