High incidence of aspiration pneumonia in community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients: a multicenter, prospective study in Japan

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Mar;56(3):577-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01597.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Community-Acquired Infections / complications*
  • Cross Infection / complications*
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia / complications*
  • Pneumonia / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / epidemiology*
  • Prospective Studies