Pneumonia in nursing home patients: is it time for a specific therapeutic strategy?

Background: Nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) was described in 1978, but only in 2005 it has been proposed as part of a new category (health care-associated pneumonia) distinct from community- or hospital-acquired infections. However, limited clinical data exist to validate this proposal. <b...

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Main Authors: Gualberto Gussoni, Ido Iori, Francesco Blasi, Alessandro Bulfoni, Sebastiano Costantino, Massimo Giusti, Antonella Valerio, Delfino Legnani, on behalf of the FASTCAP Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/281