Abstract:
Summary.
Etiological and clinical aspects of community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients
The study included 150 patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, of which we retrospectively analysed 48 patients
aged more than 65 years and 102 patients aged less than 65 years. We revealed that Streptococcus pneumoniae domains in the
etiological structure of community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients. The onset of pneumonia in the elderly is more often an insidious
one and localized crackles are more frequently observed on auscultation. An evolutionary feature of community-acquired pneumonia in
the elderly is the delayed resolution of infiltrate.
Description:
Departamentul Medicină Internă, Clinica medicală nr. 1, USMF „Nicolae Testemiţanu”, IMSP SCM „Sfânta Treime”, I-a Conferinţă Internaţională de Geriatrie şi Gerontologie din Republica Moldova 21 septembrie 2012
