Immune risk phenotype is associated with nosocomial lung infections in elderly in-patients

BACKGROUND: Nosocomial infections are extremely common in the elderly and may be related to ageing of the immune system. The Immune Risk Phenotype (IRP), which predicts shorter survival in elderly patients, has not been evaluated as a possible risk factor for nosocomial infection. Our aim was to ass...

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Autores principales: Plonquet, A, Bastuji-Garin, S, Tahmasebi, F, Brisacier, C, Ledudal, K, Farcet, JP, Paillaud, E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3203033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21961997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4933-8-8

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