Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 4 , Pages 584-592, April 2010

Community-acquired pneumonia and nursing home-acquired pneumonia in the very elderly patients

  • Takaya Maruyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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  • Esteban C. Gabazza

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture 514-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 59 231 5017; fax: +81 59 231 5225.
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  • John Morser

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 269 Campus Drive, CCSR 1155, Stanford, CA 94305-5156, USA
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  • Takehiro Takagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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  • Corina D'Alessandro-Gabazza

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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  • Shizu Hirohata

      Affiliations

    • Kinan General Hospital, 4750 Atawa, Mihama-chou, Minamimuro, Mie 519-5293, Japan
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  • Sei Nakayama

      Affiliations

    • Kinan General Hospital, 4750 Atawa, Mihama-chou, Minamimuro, Mie 519-5293, Japan
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  • Alexis Y. Ramirez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture 514-8507, Japan
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  • Atsushi Fujiwara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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  • Masahiro Naito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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  • Kimiaki Nishikubo

      Affiliations

    • Kinan General Hospital, 4750 Atawa, Mihama-chou, Minamimuro, Mie 519-5293, Japan
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  • Hisamichi Yuda

      Affiliations

    • Mie Prefecture General Hospital, 5450-132 Hinaga, Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0885, Japan
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  • Masamichi Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Mie Prefecture General Hospital, 5450-132 Hinaga, Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0885, Japan
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  • Yoshiyuki Takei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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  • Osamu Taguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

Received 14 December 2008; accepted 16 December 2009. published online 11 January 2010.

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00429-6

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2009.12.008

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 4 , Pages 584-592, April 2010