PMID: 6410548Jun 1, 1983Paper

Infections in the elderly, especially in nursing homes

Tijdschrift voor gerontologie en geriatrie
H J Cools

Abstract

From the viewpoint of defense against micro-organisms it is diagnostically important to differentiate between frontier activity, frontier incident and invasion through the frontier. The barrier of the older body can be characterised by a multiple vulnerability, injury and pathology. Endogenous and exogenous (including therapeutic) causal factors are discussed. A management of vigilance and treatment of functional disturbances of the barrier of the old body is suggested.

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