The burden and etiology of community-onset pneumonia in the aging Japanese population: a multicenter prospective study.

The burden and etiology of community-onset pneumonia in the aging Japanese population: a multicenter prospective study.

The increasing burden of pneumonia in adults is an emerging health issue in the era of global population aging. This study was conducted to elucidate the burden of community-onset pneumonia (COP) and its etiologic fractions in Japan, the world's most aged society.A multicenter prospective surve...

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Main Authors: Konosuke Morimoto, Motoi Suzuki, Tomoko Ishifuji, Makito Yaegashi, Norichika Asoh, Naohisa Hamashige, Masahiko Abe, Masahiro Aoshima, Koya Ariyoshi, Adult Pneumonia Study Group-Japan (APSG-J)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4378946?pdf=render

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