The management of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly.

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Published in Eur J Intern Med on December 17, 2013

Authors

Paola Faverio1, Stefano Aliberti2, Giuseppe Bellelli3, Giulia Suigo4, Sara Lonni4, Alberto Pesci4, Marcos I Restrepo5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Science, University of Milan Bicocca, Clinica Pneumologica, AO San Gerardo, Via Pergolesi 33, Monza, Italy; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA.
2: Department of Health Science, University of Milan Bicocca, Clinica Pneumologica, AO San Gerardo, Via Pergolesi 33, Monza, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.aliberti@unimib.it.
3: Department of Health Science, University of Milan Bicocca, Geriatric Clinic, AO San Gerardo, Via Pergolesi 33, Monza, Italy.
4: Department of Health Science, University of Milan Bicocca, Clinica Pneumologica, AO San Gerardo, Via Pergolesi 33, Monza, Italy.
5: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA; South Texas Veterans Healthcare System Audie L. Murphy Division, San Antonio, TX, USA; Veterans Evidence Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center (VERDICT), San Antonio, TX, USA.

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