Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the elderly : aetiology, role of aspiration and diagnostic procedures

A. A. Wulf, A. A. Strassburg, J. J. Rupp, H. H. Kothe, J. J. Braun, M. M. Maass, K. K. Dalhoff (Lübeck, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Community- and hospital-acquired pneumonias: inflammatory mechanisms, epidemiology and therapy
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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