Disease burden and prognostic factors for clinical failure in elderly community acquired pneumonia patients

Disease burden and prognostic factors for clinical failure in elderly community acquired pneumonia patients

Abstract Background The study was to evaluate initial antimicrobial regimen and clinical outcomes and to explore risk factors for clinical failure (CF) in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Methods 3011 hospitalized elderly patients were enrolled from 13 national teaching hosp...

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Main Authors: Xiudi Han, Xuedong Liu, Liang Chen, Yimin Wang, Hui Li, Fei Zhou, Xiqian Xing, Chunxiao Zhang, Lijun Suo, Jinxiang Wang, Guohua Yu, Guangqiang Wang, Xuexin Yao, Hongxia Yu, Lei Wang, Meng Liu, Chunxue Xue, Bo Liu, Xiaoli Zhu, Yanli Li, Ying Xiao, Xiaojing Cui, Lijuan Li, Bin Cao, for the CAP-China network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Community-acquired pneumonia
Clinical failure
Treatment pattern
Elderly
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05362-3

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