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Clinical characteristics of nursing home-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients admitted to a Korean teaching hospital

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) is included under healthcare-associated pneumonia. However, the optimal treatment strategy for NHAP has been controversial in several studies. We evaluated the clinical features of NHAP compared to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly...

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Autores principales: Koh, Seong Joo, Lee, Jong Hoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26354058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2015.30.5.638