Infection in an aging population

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Kline, Kimberly A., Bowdish, Dawn M. E.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: bacterial colonization; pneumonia
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81848; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39736
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

The global population is rapidly aging. Currently, 566 million people are ≥65 years old worldwide, with estimates of nearly 1.5 billion by 2050, particularly in developing countries. Infections constitute a third of mortality in people ≥65 years old. Moreover, lengthening life spans correlate with i...