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Review
. 2018 Jan 3:9:1179670717751433.
doi: 10.1177/1179670717751433. eCollection 2018.

Bacterial Pneumonia in Elderly Japanese Populations

Naoya Miyashita  1 , Yasuhiro Yamauchi  1
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Bacterial Pneumonia in Elderly Japanese Populations

Naoya Miyashita et al. Jpn Clin Med. .

Abstract

Bacterial pneumonia is one of the most important infectious diseases in terms of incidence, effect on quality of life, mortality, and impact on society. Pneumonia was the third leading cause of death in Japan in 2011. In 2016, 119 650 Japanese people died of pneumonia, 96% of whom were aged 65 years and above. The symptoms of pneumonia in elderly people are often atypical. Aspiration pneumonia is seen more frequently than in young people because of swallowing dysfunction in the elderly. The mortality rate is also higher in the elderly than in young people. In Japan, the population is aging at an unprecedented rate, and pneumonia in the elderly will be increasingly important in medicine and medical economics in the future. To manage pneumonia in the elderly, it is important to accurately evaluate its severity, administer appropriate antibiotic treatment, and implement effective preventive measures.

Keywords: community-acquired pneumonia; elderly pneumonia; hospital-acquired pneumonia; mortality; nursing and health care–associated pneumonia.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests:The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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