References
- Jackson ML, Neuzil KM, Thompson WW, et al. The burden of community-acquired pneumonia in seniors: results of a population-based study. Clin Infect Dis 2004: 39(11): 1642–50
- Muder RR, Aghababian RV, Loeb MB, et al. Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: an emergency department treatment algorithm. Curr Med Res Opin 2004; 20(8): 1309–20
- High KP. Infection as a cause of age-related morbidity and mortality. Ageing Res Rev 2004; 3(1): 1–14
- Kauffman CA, Hedderwick SA, Bradley S. Antibiotic resistance issues in long-term care. Infect Med 1994; 16(2): 122–8
- Quagliarello V, Ginter S, Han L, et al. Modifiable risk factors for nursing home-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40(1): 1–6
- Yoneyama T, Yoshida M, Ohrui T, et al; Oral Care Working Group. Oral care reduces pneumonia in older patients in nursing homes. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002; 50(3): 430–3
- Mehr DR, Binder EF, Kruse RL, et al. Predicting mortality in nursing home residents with lower respiratory tract infection: The Missouri LRI Study. JAMA 2001; 286(19): 2427–36
- Bradley SF. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: long-term care concerns. Am J Med 1999; 106(5A): 2–10S; discussion 48–52S
- Kupronis BA, Richards CL, Whitney CG; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team. Invasive pneumococcal disease in older adults residing in long-term care facilities and in the community. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003; 51(11): 1520–5
- Nazir J, Urban C, Mariano N, et al. Quinolone-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in a long-term care facility: clinical and molecular epidemiology. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38(11): 1564–9
- El Solh AA, Pietrantoni C, Bhat A, et al. Indicators of potentially drug- resistant bacteria in severe nursing home—acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 39(4): 474–80
- Rajagopalan S. Tuberculosis. In: Yoshikawa TT, Ouslander JG, eds. Infection management for geriatrics in long-term care facilities. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002: 245–56
- Mandell LA, Bartlett JG, Dowell SF, et al; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Update of practice guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37(11): 1405–33
- Warren JW, Palumbo FB, Fitterman L, et al. Incidence and characteristics of antibiotic use in aged nursing home patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991; 39(10): 963–72
- Loeb M, Bentley DW, Bradley S, et al. Development of minimum criteria for the initiation of antibiotics in residents of long-term-care facilities: results of a consensus conference. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2001; 22(2): 120–4
- Falsey AR, Hennessey PA, Formica MA, et al. Respiratory syncytial virus infection in elderly and high-risk adults. N Engl J Med 2005; 352(17): 1749–59
- Walsh EE, Peterson DR, Falsey AR. Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus infection in elderly persons. J Infect Dis 2004; 189(2): 233–8
- Ohm-Smith MJ, Nassos PS, Haller BL. Evaluation of the Binax NOW, BD Directigen, and BD Directigen EZ assays for detection of respiratory syncytial virus. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42(7): 2996–9
- Falsey AR, Criddle MC, Walsh EE. Detection of respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in adults with and without respiratory illness. J Clin Virol 2005 (in press)
- van den Hoogen BG, de Jong JC, Groen J, et al. A newly discovered human pneumovirus isolated from young children with respiratory tract disease. Nat Med 2001; 7(6): 719–24
- Fouchier RA, Rimmelzwaan GF, Kuiken T, et al. Newer respiratory virus infections: human metapneumovirus, avian influenza virus, and human coronaviruses. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2005; 18(2): 141–6
- Falsey AR, Erdman D, Anderson LJ, et al. Human metapneumovirus infections in young and elderly adults. J Infect Dis 2003; 187(5): 785–90