附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminaries; Contents; 1. The Captain of the Men of Death: The History of Pneumonia; 2. Epidemiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 3. Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 4. Laboratory Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 5. PCR Techniques in the Diagnosis of Pneumonia Due to Chlamydia pneumoniae, Legionella; 6. Imaging Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 7. The Pathology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 8. Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 9. Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia; 10. Treatment ofCommunity-Acquired Pneumonia; 11. Pathophysiology of Pneumonia and the Clinical Consequences.
摘要:Pneumonia is the sixth leading cause of death in adults - about 4 million adults develop pneumonia each year in the US. This book is designed to provide new information about pneumonia and identify critical research questions that will come to the fore as we enter the 21st century.
