The epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia among hospitalized adults.

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Published in J Infect on January 01, 1997

Authors

A Porath1, F Schlaeffer, D Lieberman

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Internal Medicine, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of the Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Associated clinical trials:

Epidemiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia in North Israel | NCT00390819

Description of Pneumococcal Pneumonia (PneumoCAP) | NCT03322670

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