Community-acquired pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital.
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چکیده
1. Fever (temp >37.8 0 C) 2. Production of purulent sputum 3. Cough 4. Leucocytosis (WBC count >10000/ cumm) 1 The etiological agents of CAP are different in different countries. It varies with time and geographical distribution within the same country. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common etiological agent in United Kingdom, Europe, United States of America and Iraq. In India S. pneumoniae is most common organism in Delhi, Shimla and Mumbai whereas Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Ludhiana (Shah et al., 2010; Lode, 2007; Bansal et al., 2004).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 64 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016