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Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
dc.contributor.authorHigh, Kevin P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBradley, Suzanne F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGravenstein, Stefanen_US
dc.contributor.authorMehr, David R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorQuagliarello, Vincent J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Chesleyen_US
dc.contributor.authorYoshikawa, Thomas T.en_US
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dc.date.available2010-04-01T15:19:40Z
dc.date.issued2009-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationHigh, Kevin P.; Bradley, Suzanne F.; Gravenstein, Stefan; Mehr, David R.; Quagliarello, Vincent J.; Richards, Chesley; Yoshikawa, Thomas T. (2009). "Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 57(3): 375-394. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65801>en_US
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dc.titleClinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Older Adult Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of Americaen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelGeriatricsen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
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dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSection on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, North Carolina ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDivisions of Infectious Diseases anden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherGeriatrics, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherAMDA Foundation Research Network ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherQuality Partners of Rhode Island ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDivision of Geriatrics ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherCurtis W, and Ann H Long Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSection of Infectious Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDivision of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDivision of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia ;en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherGRECC, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; anden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California—Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19278394en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02175.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of the American Geriatrics Societyen_US
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